RSS FeedAdopted from a blog by Dr. David Macallan, Clinical Director of The Trump Network
Last February you may have seen the headlines: “Vitamins don’t work!” ”New studies show vitamins do nothing to prevent heart disease and cancer.”
Here’s a quick summary of the “research”: this latest “study” was really just a desk study (i.e. someone sat at their desk and looked at data collected elsewhere). It followed a large group of retired nurses over 8 years, so researchers looked to see if there was any difference in health outcomes if they took a multivitamin or not. However, anyone taking vitamins containing more than the RDA (Recommended Dietary Allowance) was EXCLUDED from consideration, and those that were included were counted even if they just took one vitamin pill once a WEEK. That’s exactly how you do a study that’s intended to fail: exclude anyone taking supplements that actually WORK!
The researcher went on record as saying that it was a waste of time for people to take vitamins, if they wanted to prevent heart disease and cancer.
So here’s the truth: the study appears to show, not surprisingly, that if you intermittently consume low-grade store-bought RDA-level supplements, they don’t work well enough to prevent heart disease or cancer. No surprise there. That’s actually useful information. Of COURSE those don’t work. All the cheap, low-grade store brands are manufactured and marketed by drug companies that want a piece of the vitamin pie. They’re the ones that are advertised the most, and now, the study shows, the ones that work the least. Again no surprise. After all, why would a drug company want to sell a vitamin that worked well enough to support human function that it reduced drug sales?
Here are three rules to follow:
1. If you want vitamins that work, invest in medical-grade supplements at levels reflective of latest research in nutritional biochemistry, not the archaic, irrelevant RDAs (now called Daily Values)
2. Remember that potential for supporting the structure and function of the body so it is better able to remain healthy is only one function of supplements. Most people take them because they just plain feel and function better!
3. Be careful what you read, be careful what you hear, be careful what you watch. Always follow the money. Headlines are designed to sell, not inform.
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