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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Brody rain on this pill-popping parade? "My major hope was to awaken the public to the fact that vitamins and other supplements are not always innocent," she says. "I'm often asked by people, 'Should I take this vitamin?' 'Am I taking enough of that?' Even 'Can I take vitamins instead of antibiotics...
...have a marked decrease in their risk of cancer. Those studies set off a beta-carotene craze and created a huge market for beta-carotene supplements. It wasn't until the late 1980s that researchers from Finland and the U.S. decided to test the proposition that beta-carotene in pill form could protect smokers from cancer. The results were not what they expected. As the researchers reported in 1994 and 1996, smokers who took the beta-carotene pills actually suffered an increase in cancer rates. "Those studies sent shock waves through the vitamin community," says Bonnie Liebman, director of nutrition...
...that you are shortchanged on a single nutrient, you have to know what the risks are," she says. "That may require a consultation with a professional nutritionist, not a conversation with your neighbor, a chiropractor or a health-food-store employee." Now if only common sense came in a pill...
...PATCH, NO CATCH Taking a pill may help smokers kick the habit. In a study, 25% of those who used the antidepressant bupropion quit smoking for at least a year--about the same success rate as the patch...
...PILL CHILL Overdoses of acetaminophen may be the most common cause of acute liver failure in the U.S. Particularly dangerous when mixed with alcohol, the drug is often taken unwittingly: it's in many cold remedies and prescription pain-killers, as well as Tylenol...