Why Many Vitamin Studies are Absolutely Worthless

[Why Syzygy]

Does vitamin E naturally help protect against the effects of aging, or does it lead to liver damage and complications associated with lung cancer? Well, it depends on what the study authors want to tell you. The synthetic version of vitamin E is a petrochemically derived analogue of natural vitamin E that is capable of disrupting the endocrine system, whereas the natural form of vitamin E is effective against aging, oxidative stress, and hundreds of other conditions. The truth of the matter is that many — if not most — of vitamin studies are completely worthless, as they use isolated synthetic vitamins or low quality multivitamin supplements loaded with toxic fillers and synthetic ingredients.

Study authors could use high quality food-based multivitamins without any fillers or harmful ingredients, but they generally do not. Whether this is due to nutritional ignorance regarding the true nature of the pharmaceutical company-dominated supplement industry (think highly-popular Centrum, which we will soon discuss) or the fact that these researchers truly think that essential nutrients are damaging to your health, the fact of the matter is that very few studies utilize the right form of vitamins.

Synthetic and Carcinogenic Ingredients, Not Real Vitamins

When analyzing the ingredients within Centrum, the number one top selling vitamin brand, it is easy to see how studies can so easily tote the dangers of ‘vitamins’ when in reality they are actually exposing the dangers of synthetic ingredients and fillers that are known to damage your body. It should be no surprise to you that Centrum is produced by the Wyeth company, which is now a part of Pfizer. Here are some of the ingredients contained in the top selling multivitamin Centrum, along with their adverse effects:

BHT: a fat soluble compound used in jet fuels, rubber, petroleum products, electrical transformer oil, and embalming fluid. Research has linked BHT to lung cancer, bladder cancer, DNA damage, and gastric cancer.

Boric Acid: a chemical oftentimes used as an antiseptic, insecticide, or flame retardant. Found to cause DNA damage.

Synthetic Vitamin A Acetate: a petrochemically produced byproduct that is capable of causing birth defects.

Cupric Sulfate: Used as an herbicide, fungicide and pesticide, copper sulfate is produced by treating copper metal with hot concentrated sulfuric acid or its oxides with sulfuric acid.
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http://naturalsociety.com/why-many-vitamin-studies-are-absolutely-worthless/

[laconicsax]

1. There're these things called "controls" that studies need to have.

Using food-based vitamins eliminated an important control--dosage.

[MineralMan]

2. It's a pity this isn't supported by research.

Instead, its an article written for an alternative therapy advocacy website, owned by the author. The links in the article lead to abstracts of research papers. In one, the research paper was not about what the author said it was about. On these advocacy websites, authors know that most readers won't click on the links anyhow, because they lead to information that requires some medical knowledge to understand.

Further, the author is not a medical professional, as far as I can determine. Other places where his articles appear include infowars.com, naturalnews.com, and other sites that are not noted for their accurate information as much as for their advocacy of some unusual ideas. In fact, some of them are outright conspiracy theory websites. Infowars, for example is an Alex Jones website.

I'm sorry, but this article is not convincing of anything at all. Intelligent people consider the sources of material they read. In this case, the sources are questionable at best.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

5. This...

I was going to write a post like this, but MineralMan beat me to it, and he did it far better than I could have.

[pinto]

13. Consider the source - always a good approach.

[LeftishBrit]

3. In other words: vitamin supplements are good if you buy them from me; dangerous if you get them from

any other source.

[Odin2005]

4. Source is woo.

[18th and blue island]

7. Who is woo?

And what are you? Food for the worms? I guess you think Einstein is woo, too, don't yoo?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

11. 23 skidooo!

[18th and blue island]

6. Vitamins contain inorganic minerals. They are detrimental to the body

An alkaline diet--high-raw vegan--is best

[EvolveOrConvolve]

8. Really, do you have anything to back that up?

Can you provide evidence that an "alkaline--high-raw vegan" diet is best? Something quantifiable? Clinically tested? Double blinded?

[18th and blue island]

9. How about peer-reviewed?

Nope. They can shove their studies where the Sun don't shine. It's called LOGIC. Eat water-rich, living foods, you are alive. Eat highly-processed or complex foods, you're sluggish and dead.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

10. So, you're saying you don't have any evidence other than your own experience?

As a wise man once said, the plural of anecdote isn't evidence.

Humans evolved to eat processed food. We've been processing our food for thousands of generations by applying a little fire to it. Raw foods are good for us, but humans have a hard time digesting, so they're good in moderation (like everything else).

[bahrbearian]

12. I'll vouch for it,

I couldn't even turn a doorknob, till my Holistic Health Doctor fixed me up,, Meat needs to be cooked so we can digest it, Veggies help your digestive system , Fat and processed gluten , hurt it. But then I don't wait for ADM, and Monsanto to tell me what to eat.

[LeftishBrit]

14. Vitamins are detrimental to the body?

First I've ever heard THAT one!