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Certain dietary supplements associated with increased risk of death in older women
JAMA and Archives Journals ^ | October 10, 2011 | Unknown

Posted on 10/10/2011 3:03:13 PM PDT by decimon

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1 posted on 10/10/2011 3:03:16 PM PDT by decimon
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To: neverdem; DvdMom; grey_whiskers; Ladysmith; Roos_Girl; Silentgypsy; conservative cat; ...

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2 posted on 10/10/2011 3:04:32 PM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon

we’re all gonna die....


3 posted on 10/10/2011 3:06:36 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: decimon

This is the 3rd such article I have read, just today alone.

I guess the government (FDA) wants to regulate this..or tell us we are not allowed to have

Ginger
Elderberry
Cinnamon

Ginseng
Garlic

etc...


4 posted on 10/10/2011 3:06:57 PM PDT by Freddd (NoPA ngineers.)
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To: decimon

I was told 25+ years ago not to take vitamins containing iron supplement.


5 posted on 10/10/2011 3:09:26 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Rick Perry's 2012 campaign is Fred Thompson v2.0)
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To: Freddd

Funny how all these studies are coming out these days. Women don’t need breast cancer screening, men don’t need PSA tests. Vitimins will kill you.

Almost like the govt wants people to die.


6 posted on 10/10/2011 3:09:26 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: decimon

I have a theory that people who drink water tend to die. Can I have a few million dollars to study this?


7 posted on 10/10/2011 3:09:30 PM PDT by william clark (Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: decimon
The association between supplement intake and mortality risk was strongest with iron

This is not news.

However, the left just hates supplements (or any decision that one might make themselves), and they're not above torturing epi data in order to make their case.

Also, the term "self reports" can be an indicator of a poorly controlled study.

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8 posted on 10/10/2011 3:09:47 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: decimon
mortality risk was strongest with iron

If you have undiagnosed hemochromatosis, taking iron supplements would speed up your demise.

9 posted on 10/10/2011 3:11:41 PM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: decimon

As an “older woman” myself, I do expect to die.....will y’all come to my funeral? LOL!


10 posted on 10/10/2011 3:17:39 PM PDT by basil (It's time to rid the country of "gun free zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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To: NautiNurse
I was told 25+ years ago not to take vitamins containing iron supplement.

I've read the same for older men. Copper too. And I've read that iron interferes with the absorption of...a B vitamin?

11 posted on 10/10/2011 3:19:11 PM PDT by decimon
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To: Freddd

“I guess the government (FDA) wants to regulate this..or tell us we are not allowed to have Ginger Elderberry Cinnamon
Ginseng Garlic etc...”

Yep...just the other day they tried to tell us that walnuts are a drug. Don’t you dare do anything to support your own health without permission from the govt (and said permission is NOT forthcoming).


12 posted on 10/10/2011 3:20:21 PM PDT by Magic Fingers
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To: decimon
What a joke, another pseudo expert...being old puts in closer to death, not supplements...Some people must think without their expertise we will all live forever...
13 posted on 10/10/2011 3:21:47 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: decimon

Best way to get nutrition is by eating real food.


14 posted on 10/10/2011 3:28:22 PM PDT by ari-freedom
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To: decimon

I recall the conversation with a research physician. He described that the lower rate of cardiovascular morbidity/mortality in women of child-bearing age may actually be due to monthly blood loss during menstruation, which results in the concurrent loss of iron. His argument was compelling enough that I’ve been taking “Silver” multi-vitamins for more than 25 years. Senior vitamins don’t have iron supplement.


15 posted on 10/10/2011 3:30:45 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Rick Perry's 2012 campaign is Fred Thompson v2.0)
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To: decimon; goat granny

I eat a fair amount of wild-caught fish .... Gotta have my mercury.

Yellow-fin tuna tonight.....Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm-e-r-c-u-r-y!!!


16 posted on 10/10/2011 3:33:43 PM PDT by Daffynition (“There are no compacts between lions and men, and wolves and lambs have no concord.” ~ Homer)
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To: NautiNurse

Maybe there was a point to the old practice of blood letting. It served to take out the excess iron.
And maybe the real reason why red meat is bad for you has nothing to do with saturated fat but because of all that iron, which may oxidize cholesterol and cause arterial plaque.


17 posted on 10/10/2011 3:34:21 PM PDT by ari-freedom
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To: decimon

I have found that if you are elderly and in a hospital setting every person who passed away had a chair near them.
Clearly there is a direct effect as the chair has -————————— in it.


19 posted on 10/10/2011 3:37:20 PM PDT by Domangart
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To: Jeff Chandler

Too much iron in that luncheon food.


20 posted on 10/10/2011 3:41:05 PM PDT by decimon
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