Antioxidant supplements again called into question
On the other hand, vitamin C did not have an effect on mortality and the antioxidant mineral selenium was associated with a nine per cent decrease in all-cause mortality.
Study links antioxidant supplements to increased mortality
The pooled analysis, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association , could have significant negative effects on the sale of antioxidant dietary supplements, much like the effects of another meta-analysis, published in 2005, that reported a 10 per cent increased risk of mortality for people taking 400 International Units per day of vitamin E.
Survival rates in heart failure patients with reduced levels of vitamin D are lower than in patients with normal levels. This is the finding of a major study carried out at University Medical Center, Groningen, Netherlands. Results also suggest that low levels of vitamin D are associated with activation of the Renin Angiotensin System (RAS a pivotal regulatory system in heart failure) and an ...
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