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What good is taking a multivitamin every day if you are over fifty and you aren't suffering from a chronic disease?
Well...
According to a new longterm study of 390,000 US'ians that started back in 1993, it would appear that it is good for absolutely nothing:
Well...
According to a new longterm study of 390,000 US'ians that started back in 1993, it would appear that it is good for absolutely nothing:
...Daily multivitamin use was associated with a higher mortality risk compared to non-users (Hazard ratio 1.04, 95% confidence interval 1.02-1.07). That is, mortality was 4% higher among multivitamin users. There were no differences in mortality when looking at heart disease, cancer, and cerebrovascular mortality...
The paper, from a group at the US National Institutes of Health published in JAMA Open Network, is here.
Commentary, quoted from above, is by pharmacist Scott Gavura at Science-Based Medicine.
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Earworm in the header is even more Ron Obvious than usual...
Ron Obvious, the original version?...This!
Ron Obvious, revisited (but not so often recently)?...This!
Of course, it is very likely that we will be quoting RO No2 much more often as the provincial election approaches later in the summer into the fall.
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3 comments:
I remember that song! Sounds as good today as it did then. Great voice. Absolutely nothing, got that right. The only ones who it benefits are the corporations who sell the armaments and gear.
Lots of politicians like it because the voters are looking at the war and not other important issues.
Thanks for the memories.
Eat a green salad, go for a swim in the bay. Kiss a seal good morning...
After a recent health excitement, I have been told to avoid Palm Oil like the plague.
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