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...most surprising recommendation in the new pyramid is the use of vitamin and mineral supplements, a departure from the doctrine that healthy people should get all they require from a well-balanced diet. Dr. Robert Russell, one of the Tufts authors, observes how difficult it is to get enough of some vitamins from the most conscientious diet. "Vitamin E in high dosages may help prevent some cancers and cardiovascular disease," he says. "To get that much from your diet, you'd have to consume 1 1/2 quarts of olive...
...author Alice Lichtenstein goes along with his conclusion somewhat reluctantly. "I hate to see the emphasis taken away from food," she says, adding that the benefits of a high dosage of vitamin E are not yet proved. She and other colleagues point out that food, unlike pills and extracts, contains trace elements that may have benefits not yet recognized. What they fear is encouraging the habit of chasing a handful of pills with a Slurpee and a bag of popcorn and calling it a well-rounded meal. Russell and Lichtenstein are not fighting, but their emphases are a little different...
Osteoporosis is thought of as a woman's disease. Women are generally smaller than men and have less bone mass to begin with. They tend to consume less calcium and vitamin D over a lifetime, and in menopause their bodies stop producing bone-protecting estrogen. So when they reach their 70s, many women begin to suffer fractures. Men are not likely to reach that stage until they are in their 80s, and because comparatively few men have lived to be octogenarians, their risk has been more theoretical than real. But as men live longer, osteoporosis will be a major problem...
Both Benecol and Take Control make it harder for the intestines to absorb cholesterol. (About half of the cholesterol in the gut comes from your diet; the other half gets produced by your body.) There is evidence that the active ingredients can pull some vitamin A precursors out of circulation--although researchers did not consider the reduction significant...
...million Total fines the Justice Department levied on two of the world's largest drug companies for fixing vitamin prices...