Posted on 02/16/2013 11:50:50 PM PST by neverdem
Vitamin supplements are popular items these days. Vitamin C is particularly popular in the winter, when people pop tablets at the first sign of a cold. However, data indicates that vitamin C doesn't actually prevent colds, but long-term use may slightly reduce the severity or duration of a cold when you do catch one.
So, should we all start popping vitamin C tablets every day? Probably not. A new study in JAMA Internal Medicine showed that men who took 1,000-mg tablets of vitamin C were twice as likely to develop kidney stones as men who did not take vitamin C supplements. (See chart below.) The effect was not observed for men who took multivitamins.
To determine relative risk (RR), the authors compared the rate of kidney stones in men who did not take vitamin supplements (163 per 100,000 person-years) to the rate of kidney stones in men who took vitamin C supplements (310 per 100,000 person-years). Dividing 310 by 163 gives a crude RR of 1.90, which in this case, is the same as the age-adjusted RR...
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You can do better than that - don't give up! You sound like a bright person.
I gave you a reference to a recent clinical study that showed no affect of antioxidants. You assert that antioxidants are effective. Well OK but as you have noticed, here at FR when you make an assertion you might be asked to provide some backup - like right now. Either admit that you just BELEIVE that antioxidants work or admit that there is no basis in fact for this claim.
It's called rationale thought and is what separates us from magical thinking.
This just in:
EVERYBODY YES EVERYBODY who eats carrots will DIE.
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Correct, Deacon, Everybody who eats will die.
I met someone yesterday who told me that he has a chronic kidney stone problem. His body produces more ________, (can’t remember the name, I think it was somehing like oxycrystals) than the normal person.
Do you have to get those from a doctor?
Usually, but few traditional doctors treat with vitamins. So it has to be a homeopathic doctor, a friend in the pharmacy, or an overseas pharmacy.
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