Vitamin pills provide no health benefits and a waste of
money, according to a recent scientific report. Researches claim those who take
vitamins to ward off serious condition such as cancers or heart disease would
be better off buying more fruit and vegetables.
The finding of the study by scientists at Oxford
University was immediately criticized by the vitamin industry. Around euro175
million is spent each year on pills and supplements said to help combat
ill-health and disease. 20,000 people were monitored for five years. We saw
absolutely no effect on vascular disease or any cancers.
According to the medical journal, half of a in a study
were given daily doses of vitamin C, vitamin E, and beta carotene while the
other half took dummy pills.
Those who took the vitamins found no protection against
heart attacks or cancer. Bone and eye health was also unaffected. Rates of
respiratory disease such as asthma were the same for those taking the vitamins
and the dummy pills.
Those taking the vitamins were found to have experienced
a small but definite increase in harmful cholesterol, although it never reached
an unsafe level. The doses administered were the same as many over-the-counter
supplements. The people in the study were aged between 40 and 80 and deemed to
be at high risk of heart attack or stroke because they suffered from coronary
disease, artery disease or diabetes. The scientist found their level of risk
owed more to other aspects of their lifestyles and the tablets had little
effect.
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This study was carried out across a group of people, who
have conditions putting them at high risk of contracting disease such as
diabetes, over a relatively short period of time.
Antioxidants have widely proven health benefits when
taken by the general population as a supplement to a balanced diet or when a
person’s diet does not contain enough nutrients. They are not intended or be
used for the treatment or prevention of serious illnesses.
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