Since I last posted on Vitamin C and Selenium having positive or negative effects on the body (back in April 2008) it was said at the time more data on these two supplements needed to come from future trials. Patrick Holford, who had formulated some supplements for the firm Biocare, said at the time he felt the Cochrane review was a “stitch up”. Since then a study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, [...]

Well here is a little bit of really useful information, or is it. A little while ago now I read an article penned by Emily Cook, the Daily Mirror Health Correspondent about research into a polypill. Her story was about a research team lead by Professor Malcolm Law, of the Wolfson University of Preventative Medicine WUPM, who carried out and analysed 150 clinical trials on nearly half a million people to see if individuals over [...]

Vitamins do more harm than good according to experts. Apparently a review of 67 studies found no convincing evidence that antioxidant supplements help to increase life, but there is a possibility they could act in reverse and shorten life expectancy. It would appear that experts have stated that Beta-carotene, vitamin A and vitamin E given singly or combined with other antioxidant supplements significantly increase mortality.” However, Vitamin C did not appear to have any effect [...]