Posted on 11/30/2010 5:49:14 PM PST by neverdem
Megadoses of 'sunshine vitamin' don't prevent disease, may be harmful
WASHINGTON — For the past few years vitamin D has been the "it" vitamin, with studies wildly trumpeting the supplement's role in strengthening bones, reducing the risk of some cancers, heart disease, along with fighting autoimmune diseases and diabetes. But long-awaited new dietary guidelines say there's no proof that megadoses of the "sunshine vitamin" prevent cancer, diabetes or other conditions.
While some people will need a bit more vitamin D than they're already getting, some studies suggest that too much could actually cause some kinds of cancer, according to the panel of experts at the prestigious Institute of Medicine, the health arm of the National Academy of Sciences.
"More is not necessarily better," cautioned Dr. Joann Manson of Harvard Medical School, who co-authored the Institute of Medicine's report being released Tuesday...
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The problem with determining the daily requirements for different vitamins and nutrients is with doing controlled experiments - you can’t deprive people of food.
There is a pattern here.
Every time a benefit is demonstrated from a substance, whatever it may be, the establishment scammers publish a foolish ‘study’ to ‘debunk’ it.
Are people really stupid enough to listen to these failures telling them what works doesn’t work?
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> “Soy was good.......until it wasn’t”
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No credible scientific study has ever shown any benefit from an unfermented soy product.
Fermented soy, such as natto, or fermented tofu has many benefits.
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