Some contradict others, some support others, and some simply stand on their own. Sometimes the study in question is found to have been poorly done. At other times, another study is done 'perfectly' and the results are inconclusive.
What I observe is that now that the vitamin and supplement industry is making billions just like the allopathic/pharmaceutical industry, there is a simple human fight over who will control the arena and who gets the billions. One side in particular wants to completely control the situation. They are going to 'protect' me from myself. They will decide what pills I pop. They are the high priests of science who will dispel the 'woo' and lead me into the promise land of pure rational thought as long as I am an atheist and also accept the dogma of THEIR version of the scientific method.
I want both. I have seen firsthand the effectiveness of both approaches. I needed chemo. I also needed the vitamins, herbs, & nutrients that assisted me in getting through chemo. If I want to 'waste' my money on these things, so be it. It is my money, and you know what, no one is dying from taking their multivitamins. But lots of people die from fucked up pharmaceuticals like Vioxx, Baycol, DES, Rezulin, Posicor, PPA, and the list goes on.
I am sure there will be another series of studies shortly informing me that multivitamins are 'good' again, but maybe by then, I will need a prescription from my MD to get it. 
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