Vitamins 'may shorten your life'

[Chipper Jones78]

Intresting article....soon, water is gonna be bad for you.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7349980.stm

 

[Turk]

I've seen quite alot of research about excess vitamin A beging bad for you, so that doesn't suprise me.

What people take with these types of supplements is often several hundred/thousand times the RDA, and at those levels it doesn't suprise me if something bad happens.

If your taking the RDA of a compound, i doubt that is so much of a concern. But, like all vitamins say, they're not a subsitute for a balanced diet.

 

[OuchThatHurts]

I'm sure that study has more holes than swiss cheese.

 

[PHIL HERNON]

HAHAHHAHAHA

I'm sure that study has more holes than swiss cheese.

I BET ON IT. ALSO, IT IS NOT VITAMINS THAT SHORTEN YOUR LIFE..... IT SAYS VITAMIN "SUPPLEMENTS"..........WELL NO SHIT! MODERATION......IN EVERY THING. I ALSO GOTTA LOVE THAT WORD "MAY".

 

[Chipper Jones78]

I BET ON IT. ALSO, IT IS NOT VITAMINS THAT SHORTEN YOUR LIFE..... IT SAYS VITAMIN "SUPPLEMENTS"..........WELL NO SHIT! MODERATION......IN EVERY THING. I ALSO GOTTA LOVE THAT WORD "MAY".

Agree....everything is "may" in this article.

Love the swiss chees comment

 

[gridlock]

this is just another example of people not having any thing better to do than scare monger in the health industry.

like when the whole dieting is bad for you shit came out, but they failed to explain their rather generic statement in any more depth. Meaning everyone panics and took it literally. When in fact like Phil said, everything is in moderation.

I'm sure if i was to go and get 5 bottles of Vitamin C and megadose it I'd shit out the contents of my body. Now if this did happen, i would certainly say it was a negative effect on my health.

Next thing you know is some fool will start a rumour that Anthrax is bad for you. Whatever next?

 

[OuchThatHurts]

Studies show that men that scratch their nuts often may live up to 30% longer.

"We asked 246 men how often they scratched their nuts and discovered that..."

 

[joeshow5]

I wonder who is behind these studies?

 

[celtic-devil]

hilarious!

They link the consumption of vitamin A supplements to a 16% higher likelihood of dieing. 16%!! hahaha! If anyone cant see the sheer absurdity of that statement on the face of it then they really need mental help.

I think I may dig up the study itself and read it. It should make for some entertaining read and give me a laugh or two.

 

[celtic-devil]

Studies show that men that scratch their nuts often may live up to 30% longer.

"We asked 246 men how often they scratched their nuts and discovered that..."

So, if I scratch my nuts a little over 3 times then I can double my lifespan?

Great!....

 

[OuchThatHurts]

So, if I scratch my nuts a little over 3 times then I can double my lifespan?

Great!....

Well just remember the line I wrote contains "often" and "may"

In other words, first you need to define "often" and then filter it through the modal of the verb "live" ("may") to get to the "live up to 30% longer".

Translation: bullshit (or should I say "may be bullshit"?) LOL

 

[wrought]

I wonder who is behind these studies?

...yeah, would be a laugh to find its sponsored my Merck or Phizer.

**broken link removed**

Have fun googling through the background of how this relates to the non-pharma supplement industry.

 

[Syn]

Like a friend of mine who is a doctor says "We just pay a lab and they come up with the results we want..."

In this case, yeah, Vitamin A in excess is bad for you. Didn't everyone know that already?
But I can already see where all the suplement industry is going... doesn't take a genius to figure it out...