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Vitamins May Be No Match For Mother Nature

NEW YORK

Aug. 14, 2007

CBS

 

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/08/14/earlyshow/contributors/emilysenay/printable3165798.shtml

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New research suggests that people who try to prevent heart disease by

taking antioxidants in pill form may be throwing their money away.

 

A study in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that supplements

containing Vitamins C and E, and beta carotene, offer no heart

benefit to women at risk of cardiovascular disease. Foods containing

those antioxidants, on the other hand, have been found to reduce

heart risk.

 

Antioxidants, explained The Early Show medical correspondent Dr.

Emily Senay, are substances found in foods that possess properties

that are believed to help our bodies ward off long-term deterioration

and disease. They prevent a process called oxidation where compounds

within the body are altered at the molecular level, and become free

radicals, which place stress on previously healthy cells.

 

" It's believed that free radicals contribute to conditions as diverse

as heart disease, cognitive impairment including Alzheimer's and

cancer, " she said.

 

Many antioxidants exist in nature like Vitamins C and E, and beta

carotene — a compound that converts inside the body into Vitamin A.

Dr. Senay said Archives of Internal Medicine's study was designed to

see whether taking those vitamins in pill form helped certain women

reduce their heart disease risk.

 

The study examined more than 8,000 women age 40 and older who were at

high risk of hear disease. They were divided into groups. Some

received Vitamins C and E and beta carotene in regular ongoing doses.

Others took placebo substitutes for at least one of those

supplements. Only researchers knew which group was which. The women

were then followed for about nine years.

 

" Statistically the heart results for all groups were the same, " Dr.

Senay said. " It didn't matter who took which vitamin supplements, in

which combinations. The data suggest these antioxidants had no effect

on heart disease in these women. "

 

Therefore, many doctors are now questioning the value of taking

vitamins in pill form. Meanwhile, less than a year ago, the Journal

of Nutrition found that people who ate fruits and vegetables

containing the same antioxidants risk of heart disease dropped by

about 4 percent. This year, a study associated reduced blood pressure

with fruit and vegetable consumption, Dr. Senay said. But so far,

researchers have found that taking vitamins do not cause any harm.

 

" It leads the authors of this latest study to wonder if complex

antioxidants in actual food are somehow able to fight heart disease

more effectively than the antioxidants found in vitamin supplements, "

she said. " Pill-makers just may not be able to match mother nature. "

 

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