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Vitamin
Supplements Are Risky, Says European Scientists
analysis and discovered that people who depend on vitamin
tabs, in place of eating a balanced diet of fresh fruits and
vegetables, are doing more harm than good.
The researchers said that three supplements including Vitamin
A, Vitamin E and beta carotene can raise death rates among
those taking them.
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But, Vitamin C and selenium tablets have no effect as such.
Lead researcher Goran Bjelakovic of Copenhagen University
Hospital in Denmark said, “Our findings contradict the
findings of observational studies claiming that antioxidants
(commonly found in Vitamin supplements) improve health.”
The experts combined results of several clinical examinations
to evaluate the total effects of vitamin pills.
The researchers examined 47 low-bias tests, comprising 180,938
people and detected that vitamin supplements as a whole raised
their mortality rate by 5%.
When the supplements were taken separately, beta carotene
augmented death rates by 7%, Vitamin A by 16% , and Vitamin E
by 4%.
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