Comments on: Vitamins are bad for you http://timworstall.com/2008/04/16/vitamins-are-bad-for-you/ It is all obvious or trivial except... Thu, 24 May 2012 12:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael Smith http://timworstall.com/2008/04/16/vitamins-are-bad-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-11118 Michael Smith Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:07:01 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/04/16/vitamins-are-bad-for-you/#comment-11118 I can't imagine how taking a pill with some dried up powder has any ability to sustain/increase good health - to me it is a joke. You want to be alive, eat live food. Eat salads, fruits and vegetables, eschew meat, fish and chicken unless absolutely necessary. Eat nuts and seeds, lots of olive oil, put lemon on everything, drink lots of grape juice (try to find it UNPASTEURIZED, avoid junk food, sugar, chocolate, alcohol and any refined food (sucrose, fructose) and definitely avoid aspartame and most spices. As for bread, don't eat enriched or bleached flower and cut WAY BACK on salt, salt is a killer. So with THAT kind of diet, why would anyone need to take a pill? How could a pill enhance your life? Michael Smith I can’t imagine how taking a pill with some dried up powder has any ability to sustain/increase good health – to me it is a joke.

You want to be alive, eat live food. Eat salads, fruits and vegetables, eschew meat, fish and chicken unless absolutely necessary. Eat nuts and seeds, lots of olive oil, put lemon on everything, drink lots of grape juice (try to find it UNPASTEURIZED, avoid junk food, sugar, chocolate, alcohol and any refined food (sucrose, fructose) and definitely avoid aspartame and most spices. As for bread, don’t eat enriched or bleached flower and cut WAY BACK on salt, salt is a killer. So with THAT kind of diet, why would anyone need to take a pill? How could a pill enhance your life?

Michael Smith

]]> By: David Gillies http://timworstall.com/2008/04/16/vitamins-are-bad-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-10923 David Gillies Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:58:52 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/04/16/vitamins-are-bad-for-you/#comment-10923 It was a meta-study which found a relative risk of 'up to' 1.16 (i.e. 16%). It is a general rule that RR's less than two or three are meaningless. It was a meta-study which found a relative risk of ‘up to’ 1.16 (i.e. 16%). It is a general rule that RR’s less than two or three are meaningless.

]]> By: Stephen http://timworstall.com/2008/04/16/vitamins-are-bad-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-10916 Stephen Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:16:04 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/04/16/vitamins-are-bad-for-you/#comment-10916 I think this is bad reporting nevertheless: the study focused on anti-oxidant supplements, not vitamins in general, and found negative effects for mega-doses of them (and no causation either: just a statistical study). So even if you accept the study, there's no reason to stop taking multi-vitamins at normal doses as nutritional insurance. I think this is bad reporting nevertheless: the study focused on anti-oxidant supplements, not vitamins in general, and found negative effects for mega-doses of them (and no causation either: just a statistical study). So even if you accept the study, there’s no reason to stop taking multi-vitamins at normal doses as nutritional insurance.

]]> By: sanbikinoraion http://timworstall.com/2008/04/16/vitamins-are-bad-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-10913 sanbikinoraion Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:29:24 +0000 http://timworstall.com/2008/04/16/vitamins-are-bad-for-you/#comment-10913 This is the same Patrick Holford that was selling vitamin C in Africa as a cure for AIDS, right? Tim adds: Yup. This is the same Patrick Holford that was selling vitamin C in Africa as a cure for AIDS, right?

Tim adds: Yup.

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