An interesting tale of why you shouldn't just trust the words of even incredibly smart scientists, but check the science underneath.

An interesting tale of why you shouldn't just trust the words of even incredibly smart scientists, but check the science underneath. 
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/07/the-vitamin-myth-why-we-think-we-need-supplements/277947/

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  1. Rowan “Lovely” Badger23 January 2014 at 15:05

    I'm sorry, I can't take this article seriously.

    "..women who took supplemental multivitamins died at rates higher than those who didn't."

    The death rate for humans is static at 100%.

    Now, maybe they meant women of a certain age, or with certain conditions, but if you start from that level of sloppy reporting, I can't help but wonder what else you missed or left out, how else you misinterpreted or misrepresented facts.

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  2. Sam McCall24 January 2014 at 01:45

    I made it to " From that day forward, people would remember Linus Pauling for one thing: vitamin C."

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  3. Maria Widz24 January 2014 at 08:37

    I'm so confused about the reasons behind why Vit C as a cancer treatment wouldn't work after chemo, but work only if taken before. Too much free radicals after chemo? - just add more vitamin! Vit C only working in actively dividing cell? - leaves the same problem as with chemo!

    So much dumb.

    Also. If Vit C was a universal cure for all evil, why do animals who can make their own Vit C still get sick/cancer/die...

    I don't think they addressed it in the article but few dietary supplements actually contain what they say they should and most (according to a professor in sports medicine) contain traces or more of very questionable compounds.
    - so not only do they not work, you aren't even getting what you paid for. Suckers^2





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