Do Vitamin supplements actually work?
Yesterday on The Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC on Demand, they talked about whether taking Vitamin and Mineral supplements actually helped.
According to the show intro, “It may seem like common knowledge that taking vitamins is good for you, but over the last few years several studies have failed to show that vitamin supplements help prevent chronic disease or prolong life. In fact, things like vitamin C, can actually help cancer cells grow”.
The New York Times Health Columnist Tara Parker-Pope and Dr. Gery Deng of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center’s Integrative Medical Services expounded on the topic. Their opinion was that there was no real proof. Others, including program listeners, disagree.
As Tara almost lamented, consumers will continue to believe. But not just because of marketing hype, Tara. Some of us are capable of weighing evidence for ourselves and drawing our own conclusions.
