More than
150 million Americans take dietary supplement s, according to the Council for Responsible Nutrition, a supplement industry trade group. Is it worth all the effort?
Two new studies do zilch to clear the everyday-wellness water.
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts found that
vitamins E and C did nothing to reduce chances of heart disease in men. Another study of postmenopausal women enrolled in the Women's Health Initiative found
calcium and vitamin D don’t protect against invasive breast cancer. So what do the experts do?
CNN interviewed four leading wellness experts to see what vitamins they take. Here’s what they found:
- Andrew Weil, director, Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine: 1. daily multivitamin, 2. vitamin D, 3. magnesium, 4. Co-Q-10 and 5. juvenon.
- Christiane Northrup, author of The Secret Pleasures of Menopause: 1. Antioxidant supplement, 2. fish oil, 3. calcium, 4.magnesium, 5. Co-Q-10 and 6. Vitamin D.
- Walter Willett, chairman, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health: 1. Multivitamin 2. Vitamin D.
- Melina Jampolis, physician: 1. Multivitamin 2. Calcium 3. Vitamin, 4. Omega 3.
What about the study findings?
Weil says, not to worry: "
I believe vitamins E and C are important as part of our antioxidant defenses, even if we have not yet documented specific preventive effects."
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Two new studies do zilch to clear the everyday-wellness water.
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts found that vitamins E and C did nothing to reduce chances of heart disease in men. Another study of postmenopausal women enrolled in the Women's Health Initiative found calcium and vitamin D don’t protect against invasive breast cancer.
So what do the experts do? CNN interviewed four leading wellness experts to see what vitamins they take. Here’s what they found:
- Melina Jampolis, physician: 1. Multivitamin 2. Calcium 3. Vitamin, 4. Omega 3.
What about the study findings? Weil says, not to worry: " I believe vitamins E and C are important as part of our antioxidant defenses, even if we have not yet documented specific preventive effects."