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Vitamins may shorten your life?!

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I really don't understand how this is possible but recently I was going to start taking vitamins and now I'm not sure:

Vitamins 'may shorten your life'

Research has suggested certain vitamin supplements do not extend life and could even lead to a premature death.

A review of 67 studies found "no convincing evidence" that antioxidant supplements cut the risk of dying.

Scientists at Copenhagen University said vitamins A and E could interfere with the body's natural defences.

Read more at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7349980.stm

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I think that all these studies are making me nuts.  I can't keep up with it all!  I'm just going to hope that by the time I'm a senior citizen that the scientists will have found the fountain of youth and I can live forever and be done with it...LOL

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lol I know, everywhere you turn it's like "this is bad for you, don't consume that, no wait - it's not that bad, we thought this was good for you but it's not" Make up your minds! lol


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Ya we all die in the end anyway right?  LOL
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