NYT, TheWeek.com fall victim to pharma-funded quack science hoax attack on multivitamins

Don't look now, but all of those multivitamins and supplements that have been keeping you well for years... don't work.

Yes, that's right. They're worthless. A waste of money. The "science" on this is now settled, and it's indisputable. You've been ripped off through a combination of "money, politics, and a flawed genius named Linus Pauling." You're an idiot if you believe otherwise.

That's the claim now being made by the "scientific" community, according to an online publication called TheWeek.com:

Questions about the health benefits of vitamin supplements have been percolating in the medical establishment for decades - even as the multivitamin industry has grown to a multi-billion powerhouse in the U.S. This week, the respected journal the Annals of Internal Medicine put its well-heeled foot down.

"We believe that the case is closed - supplementing the diet of well-nourished adults with (most) mineral or vitamin supplements has no clear benefit and might even be harmful," the journal said in an editorial. "These vitamins should not be used for chronic disease prevention. Enough is enough."

You've been hoodwinked, you see - except that you haven't

Paul Offit, an infectious disease specialist at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, has even gone so far as to say that taking megavitamins and supplements is hazardous to your health.

"Vitamin manufacturers argue that a regular diet doesn't contain enough vitamins, and that more is better," and most people wrongly assume that "at the very least, excess vitamins can't do any harm," he wrote in The New York Times in June. He concluded that "consumers don't know that taking megavitamins could increase their risk of cancer and heart disease and shorten their lives."

You've been swindled, you hapless multivitamin and supplement user. Duped. Played for a fool.

Do you really believe that the "medical establishment," which relies heavily on flawed healthcare delivery models that lavish tens of billions on the medical industry, or Big Pharma, which has seen profits fall as the supplement industry has dramatically expanded, has a vested interest in being honest with you on this issue?

What motivates them is what they accuse the supplement industry of being motivated by - money. Only, the former exists because of the power and influence of money; the latter exists because tens of millions of Americans found benefit from their products.

As for the "study" cited by TheWeek.com for its anti-vitamins piece, it was no study at all. Rather, it was an opinion article that ostensibly summarized three studies. Furthermore, what is obvious about this new opinion piece is that it was not comprehensive; cherry picking three studies that do not show admirable outcomes regarding vitamin and supplement usage is not "case closed." There are literally thousands of other studies that have shown demonstrable benefits from the taking of certain vitamins and supplements.

Studies galore - not cherry-picked

Just some of the scientific studies - which are all searchable in the Science.NaturalNews.com database - have concluded:

-- That antioxidant effects of vitamins C and E are beneficial to the eyes [http://science.naturalnews.com];

-- That multivitamins were effective in boosting tolerance for anti-cancer drugs [http://science.naturalnews.com];

-- Vitamin C is an essential antioxidant [http://science.naturalnews.com];

-- Antioxidant vitamins C and E help prevent cardiovascular disease [http://science.naturalnews.com];

-- Cod liver oil supplementation is helpful in controlling rheumatoid arthritis [http://science.naturalnews.com];

-- CoQ10 supplementation is helpful in increasing endurance during exercise [http://science.naturalnews.com].

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