Friday, February 13, 2009
Multivitamins
MULTIVITAMINS
This article tells us about multivitamin mainly for postmenopausal woman. Evidence shows that diets full of vitamin-rich foods may protect against disease such as cancer and heart disease but multivitamins may not be a good substitute for gain of vitamins. The largest research done in the US about multivitamins states that it does not have the ability to prevent cancer, heart disease or other cardiovascular problems as the result shows that the number of multivitamins-users and nonusers who contacted such disease and at similar figure after 8 years.
Though ineffective, multivitamins are not at all useless as it can still be taken ‘as a form of insurance’ for people with poor eating habit. It is recommended to maintain a healthy weight with regular servings of fruits and vegetables while limiting red meats to prevent cancers and heart attack risks rather than consuming vitamins.
After reading this article, I felt that people have lost something to rely on for vitamins and especially for people with improper eating habits as it limits their consumption of vitamins. Multivitamins has been used as a ‘cancer prevention‘ pills for years and people have spent billions of dollar purchasing it and I find it a waste to spent money on such ineffective pills. People has been mislead to believing that consuming these pills will help in boosting of health but this article help wakes people up from their dreams about their assumption.
For myself, I’ve also lost my confident in using multivitamins and learnt that there is no alternative method for perfection. I will stay away from multivitamins as much as I could and maintain a healthy lifestyle to the best of my abilities without it.
By: Sng Wei Long (36), 3 Sincerity
Source:
http://www.kiwiyogi.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/huge-study-boosts-disappointment-on-multivitamins/
http://www.newsweek.com/id/184025/page/1
Publication: 9 Feb 2009 by Lindsey Tanner ¶ 5:44 PM
This article tells us about multivitamin mainly for postmenopausal woman. Evidence shows that diets full of vitamin-rich foods may protect against disease such as cancer and heart disease but multivitamins may not be a good substitute for gain of vitamins. The largest research done in the US about multivitamins states that it does not have the ability to prevent cancer, heart disease or other cardiovascular problems as the result shows that the number of multivitamins-users and nonusers who contacted such disease and at similar figure after 8 years.
Though ineffective, multivitamins are not at all useless as it can still be taken ‘as a form of insurance’ for people with poor eating habit. It is recommended to maintain a healthy weight with regular servings of fruits and vegetables while limiting red meats to prevent cancers and heart attack risks rather than consuming vitamins.
After reading this article, I felt that people have lost something to rely on for vitamins and especially for people with improper eating habits as it limits their consumption of vitamins. Multivitamins has been used as a ‘cancer prevention‘ pills for years and people have spent billions of dollar purchasing it and I find it a waste to spent money on such ineffective pills. People has been mislead to believing that consuming these pills will help in boosting of health but this article help wakes people up from their dreams about their assumption.
For myself, I’ve also lost my confident in using multivitamins and learnt that there is no alternative method for perfection. I will stay away from multivitamins as much as I could and maintain a healthy lifestyle to the best of my abilities without it.
By: Sng Wei Long (36), 3 Sincerity
Source:
http://www.kiwiyogi.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/huge-study-boosts-disappointment-on-multivitamins/
http://www.newsweek.com/id/184025/page/1
Publication: 9 Feb 2009 by Lindsey Tanner ¶ 5:44 PM
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