Re: Vitamin E May Do More Harm Than Good, Study Finds

From: N. Thornton (bigcat_at_meeow.co.uk)
Date: 11/12/04 

Date: 12 Nov 2004 03:47:53 -0800

William Wagner <Non11Spamb2wagner@snip.net> wrote in message news:<Non11Spamb2wagner-AA7ADE.12112210112004@altnews.snip.net>...
> In article <Xns959D7833D5D03some1outthere@38.144.126.67>,
> listener <listener@nospam.net> wrote:

> > NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Vitamin E supplements, which millions take in the
> > hope of longer, healthier lives, may do more harm than good, researchers
> > reported on Wednesday.

This is an increasingly popular form of misleading marketing.

It is well known by nutritionists that the fat soluble vitamins need
to be supplemented _together_ not alone, because if huge doses of only
one are given, the effects of the others are diminished. It has long
been known that supplementing megadoses of E but no A or D would cause
problems. Anyone with a grounding in nutrition can see what this study
is about: it is about trying to bull*** the public.

The fact that the medical knowledge behind this is well established
makes little diffrence: most people dont know its duff research, dont
get to read the truth about it, and are childlike trusting in anything
that poses as medical research.

If you want to read some more serious treials on vit E and the various
health effects, there is a long list of studies referenced in Dr. Paul
Clayton's Health Defence book. He has been appointed to our most
prestigious (mainstream) medical society here, and the book is truly
is a great work. No, Im not financially involved.

Why is it going on? You work it out. There is now enough good data on
nutrition that it risks becoming a mainstream branch of medicine.
Whether that has much relevance is I guess open to interpretation.

NT

> > "Despite this ... I see many, many patients still taking vitamin E and I
> > have to convince them not to," he told a separate news conference.

Docs are not taught about the various problems with medical research,
and do not know how to evaluate research with any degree of accuracy.
All they know to do is look for the more obvious markers, they dont
have the ability to distinguish good research from bull that uses the
right language, talks about the right protocols, and is sponsored by
bodies that sound good.

> > But the Council for Responsible Nutrition, a trade group for supplement
> > makers, criticized the report.
> >
> > "This is an unfortunate misdirection of science in an attempt to make
> > something out of nothing for the sake of headlines," said the group's
> > John Hath***.

yup.

> Ever get the idea that nobody knows what¹s going on.

nope.

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