Health Supplement Skepticism - The Negative Effects Of Vitamins

A new paper in Biology Letters raises more questions about the benefits of vitamins as a health supplement.High doses of dietary antioxidants such as vitamins are claimed to slow the process of cellular aging by lessening the damage to proteins, lipids and DNA caused by free radicals. Some research has found that the longevity of mice could be extended by administering particular vitamin supplements, despite the supplements' limited effectiveness in reducing free radical damage. However, the opposite was found to be true in voles in a new study. read more

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