Harvard Researchers Skeptical About Multivitamins


	Harvard Researchers Skeptical About Multivitamins

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4-1-2008 2:42 AM

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<IMG align="right" src="http://articles.mercola.com/ImageServer/public/2008/March/4.1vitamins.jpg" alt="vitamins, multivitamin, supplements" />An estimated 35 percent of U.S. adults take multivitamins regularly, but according to Harvard researchers, this could be causing more harm than good.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/04/01/harvard-researchers-skeptical-about-multivitamins.aspx"><DIV>The researchers cited studies showing that antioxidant supplements do not protect against cancer or heart disease, and may actually cause harm in some cases. They also reported that recent clinical trials show that B-vitamin supplements (B6, B12 and folic acid) do not prevent heart disease. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/04/01/harvard-researchers-skeptical-about-multivitamins.aspx"><DIV>One study even found an increased risk of cancer among people taking large amounts of folic acid (who were also at an increased risk of the disease), and other research has also suggested that folic acid may have contributed to rising rates of colorectal cancer in the United States and Canada.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/04/01/harvard-researchers-skeptical-about-multivitamins.aspx"><DIV>The researchers pointed out that while government-mandated folic acid fortification in U.S. grain products has reduced the rate of spinal cord birth defects, it may, when coupled with a multivitamin, increase your risk of cancer.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/55C47894-B251-4662-A5B8-9F0B8D8B7BF5/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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