Vitamin supplements may increase risk of death

From the Guardian UK:

The review, by the Cochrane Collaboration which regularly pools data from trials to evaluate drugs and treatments, found supplements vitamin A, vitamin E and beta-carotene are detrimental to health. In 47 trials with 180,938 people and a low risk of bias, the "antioxidant supplements significantly increased mortality", the authors wrote. When the antioxidants were assessed separately and low risk of bias trials were included and selenium excluded, vitamin A was linked to a 16% increased risk of dying, beta-carotene to a 7% increased risk and vitamin E to a 4% increased risk.

Evidence for vitamin C and selenium was more equivocal, suggesting there was no benefit to taking these pills compared with a placebo.

rest of the article here.

Well, that just settles it then. Combined with the nasty food poisoning I got when trying to eat something "healthy" at a certain restaurant that used to be a leather bar near the Bluebird Theatre...why bother watching what you eat? If it's going to kill you anyway...

I think I'll get a veggie burger and fries from Watercourse for lunch. Ok, ok, I've been on a combination Weight Watchers / no eating stupid digestive diet plan the past few days. It's hard to get the healthy out of your system once it's already there.