The Case Against Multivitamins Grows Stronger : Shots - Health News : NPR: ""I think this is a great example of how our intuition leads us astray," Salzburg told Shots. "It seems reasonable that if a little bit of something is good for you, them more should be better for you. It's not true. Supplementation with extra vitamins or micronutrients doesn't really benefit you if you don't have a deficiency."
Vitamin deficiencies can kill, and that discovery has made for some great medical detective stories. Salzburg points to James Lind, a Scottish physician who proved in 1747 that citrus juice could cure scurvy, which had killed more sailors than all wars combined. It was not until much later that scientists discovered that the magic ingredient was vitamin C."
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013
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