A large part of the world's population is misled by the idea that vitamin supplements help protect against disease.
However, isolated antioxidants, i.e. vitamins and minerals, whose sales are increasing every year, are often the cause of health problems.
In the book The Health Delusion, pharmacist Aidan Goggins and nutritionist Glen Matten warn of the dangers of consuming vitamin and mineral supplements.
They are convinced that they not only do not protect against disease, but also increase the probability that a person will get sick and die prematurely.
We have been hearing the same message for years: nutritional supplements supply our body with vital nutrients that we do not get in our body through food.
This is especially true of antioxidants, such as vitamins A, C and E, which fight against the destructive power of free radicals.
In addition to examining the usefulness of dietary supplements rich in antioxidants every day, a growing number of experts say that these products can do more harm than good.
An increasing number of experts (on the basis of the estimated previous research) conclude that the daily use of large amounts of antioxidants, especially beta carotene, that is, vitamins A, C and E, contributes to the development of diseases, especially cancer.
Research from 1994 showed that daily intake of beta carotene as a dietary supplement (20 mg) increases the risk of dying from lung cancer by 8 percent.
A 2002 study found that high amounts of vitamins C (1 g) and E (800 iu) almost tripled the risk of premature death in postmenopausal women.
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