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Researcher
Disputes Hopkins
Study On Vitamin
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BALTIMORE -- A
researcher disputes a study
about the possible heart risks
posed by vitamin E, one of the
most popular antioxidant
vitamins. Dr. Jeffrey Blumberg
said Thursday, the day after the
release of a Johns Hopkins
vitamin E study, that the
Hopkins research looked at
people already at high risk of
death and that can't be used to
determine what's good for
healthy people.
The Hopkins study found that
people taking high doses of
vitamin E actually had an
overall death rate up to 6
percent higher than those not
taking the vitamin.
"These
investigators selected 19
specific studies to analyze. In
doing so, they also selected not
to employ a vast number of
studies that show no harm from
vitamin E and a great deal of
benefit," said Blumberg, who is
the associate director of Tufts
University's Human
Nutrition Research Center on
Aging.So, what do you do?
Many people will likely continue
taking their vitamin E
supplements, but the latest
research recommends patients to
stay away from mega doses,
researchers said. |
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