Over the past few years, data has been accumulating that suggest foods rich in antioxidants are healthy, but antioxidant supplements offer little benefit. A significant new study has some useful details. Bottom line first In middle-aged women, the antioxidant vitamins C, E and beta caroten...
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But do pharmaceutics lower chd or death - no!
Todd
Friday, August 24, 2007 at 11:49 AMre: But do pharmaceutics lower chd or death - no!
Craig Stoltz
Friday, August 24, 2007 at 12:21 PMTodd--Thanks for making this excellent point. It's always useful to compare supplement studies to pharmaceutical studies, not only for benefits but for risks.
Thanks again for writing--and reading.
Craig
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These supplement trials need a pharmaceutic comparator arm to fully compare the supplements to pharmaceutics until then, it's biased in its conclusions.
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