"Is This the End of Popping Vitamins?" The Wall Street Journal asks in the wake of two studies adding to the growing evidence that taking vitamins and supplements do not make healthy people healthier. On the contrary, long term use of vitamins can add to the risk of early death.
"'We have an enormous body of data telling us that plant-rich diets are very healthy,' says Josephine Briggs, head of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, another NIH center. 'As soon as we take these various antioxidants [and other nutrients] out and put them in a pill, we're not consistently getting a benefit.'"
Oh, and by the way, stay tuned for the news that high cholesterol is beneficial for women, according to a Swedish study of over 2,000 women.