http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090209/D968BGTG0.html
Millions of Americans spend billions of dollars on vitamins to boost
their health. Research has focused on cancer and heart disease in
particular because of evidence that diets full of vitamin-rich foods
may protect against those illnesses. But that evidence doesn't
necessarily mean pills are a good substitute.
The study's lead author, researcher Marian Neuhouser of the Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, offered this advice: "Get
nutrients from food. Whole foods are better than dietary supplements,"
Neuhouser said."
"The
largest study ever of multivitamin use in older women found the pills
did nothing to prevent common cancers or heart disease. The eight-year
study in 161,808 postmenopausal women echoes recent disappointing
vitamin studies in men.
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