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Health & Fitness > Nutrition & Health Issues Should people take vitamins every day?

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I have labored in vain to find one study which demonstrates that supplement taking increases longevity. During my investigations I found that exact opposite: taking large quantities of some vitamins actually increased overall mortality. As noted in one study: "There is increasing concern from these trials that pharmacological supplementation of vitamins may be associated with a higher mortality risk." (Thomas, DR, Vitamins in aging, health, and longevity, Clin Interv Aging. 2006;1(1):81-91). The Seneca study found that supplementation use by smokers significantly increased mortality in smo...

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