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Vitamins ~ A Threat to Your Life
Danish Study: Taking Vitamins Increases Mortality Rate by 5%
Reporter Zhou Yongxu / Compiled
According to two latest medical studies published on the 28th, regularly taking vitamin pills not only offers little help to health but may also increase mortality rates; furthermore, consuming low-fat dairy products may make it harder for women to conceive.
This vitamin study was published in the latest issue of the "Journal of the American Medical Association." The research overturns the previous belief that taking vitamins A, E, and beta-carotene could prevent heart disease and cancer.
Apart from not providing any significant benefits, taking vitamin pills, whether single vitamins or multivitamins, increases the average mortality rate by 5%.
Looking at them separately, taking vitamin A increases the mortality rate by 16%, vitamin E by 4%, and beta-carotene by 7%. As for vitamin C, the study results are inconsistent; some say it does not increase the mortality rate, while others suggest that whether taken alone or with other vitamins, it increases the mortality rate by 6%. Among vitamins, selenium is the only one with a positive effect, reducing the mortality rate by 10%.
Scientists from the University Hospital of Copenhagen in Denmark, after conducting an in-depth analysis of over 200,000 people, pointed out that the public health consequences of taking vitamins should not be underestimated.
Another study published in the journal "Human Reproduction" indicates that consuming low-fat foods to prevent heart disease and obesity may have adverse effects on reproduction.
This study from Harvard Medical School found that women who consume a normal amount of low-fat dairy products have a higher chance of failing to conceive. This low-fat dairy diet seems to affect women's ovulation, with ovulation problems accounting for 12% to 15% of infertility issues. In contrast, women who consume a full-fat diet have much lower rates of infertility due to ovulation problems.
Source: http://www. ettoday. com/ 2007/ 02/ 28/ 11183- 2059819. htm
Danish Study: Vitamin Intake Linked to 5% Higher Mortality Rate
Danish Study: Taking Vitamins Increases Mortality Rate by 5%
Reporter Zhou Yongxu / Compiled
According to two latest medical studies published on the 28th, regularly taking vitamin pills not only offers little help to health but may also increase mortality rates; furthermore, consuming low-fat dairy products may make it harder for women to conceive.
This vitamin study was published in the latest issue of the "Journal of the American Medical Association." The research overturns the previous belief that taking vitamins A, E, and beta-carotene could prevent heart disease and cancer.
Apart from not providing any significant benefits, taking vitamin pills, whether single vitamins or multivitamins, increases the average mortality rate by 5%.
Looking at them separately, taking vitamin A increases the mortality rate by 16%, vitamin E by 4%, and beta-carotene by 7%. As for vitamin C, the study results are inconsistent; some say it does not increase the mortality rate, while others suggest that whether taken alone or with other vitamins, it increases the mortality rate by 6%. Among vitamins, selenium is the only one with a positive effect, reducing the mortality rate by 10%.
Scientists from the University Hospital of Copenhagen in Denmark, after conducting an in-depth analysis of over 200,000 people, pointed out that the public health consequences of taking vitamins should not be underestimated.
Another study published in the journal "Human Reproduction" indicates that consuming low-fat foods to prevent heart disease and obesity may have adverse effects on reproduction.
This study from Harvard Medical School found that women who consume a normal amount of low-fat dairy products have a higher chance of failing to conceive. This low-fat dairy diet seems to affect women's ovulation, with ovulation problems accounting for 12% to 15% of infertility issues. In contrast, women who consume a full-fat diet have much lower rates of infertility due to ovulation problems.
Source: http://www. ettoday. com/ 2007/ 02/ 28/ 11183- 2059819. htm