Vitamins, supplements

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Vitamins, supplements

New evidence shows they can't compete with Mother Nature

Americans want to believe in vitamin and mineral pills: We spent an

estimated $10 billion on them in 2008, according to the Nutrition Business

Journal. But recent studies undertaken to assess their benefits have

delivered a flurry of disappointing results. The supplements failed to

prevent

<http://www.consumerreports.org/health/conditions-and-treatments/dementia/wh

at-is-it.htm> Alzheimer's disease, cancer,

<http://www.consumerreports.org/health/conditions-and-treatments/heart-attac

k/what-is-it.htm> heart attacks,

<http://www.consumerreports.org/health/conditions-and-treatments/stroke-emer

gency-care/what-is-it.htm> strokes,

<http://www.consumerreports.org/health/conditions-and-treatments/type-2-diab

etes/patient-power-toolkit/index.htm> type 2 diabetes, and premature death.

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