Tuesday, February 27, 2007

If the good things are bad, then are the bad things good?

Yesterday it was a study that garlic may not actually do a damn thing about your cholesterol, leaving you instead just another person with really smelly body odour.

Today, it's word that antioxidant supplements such as vitamins A and E, and beta-carotene, may not actually lower your risk of death, but raise it! No doubt something you won't see on any of the television commercials that are popping up telling us that one pill can change your life, no kidding!

Looking at dozens of previous research studies, Copenhagen University researchers determined that we need to rethink the entire rush to pills to solve our ills. Nutritionists took the latest news to reinforce their long held belief that the best way to keep healthy is through a balanced diet and lots of exercise.

Needless to say the proponents of the supplement industry are quick to throw cold water on the reports suggesting that the findings were "worthless".

We await the next study that comes out, which will explain the benefits of a twelve pack of beer, four hamburgers and two stogies a day as a recommended part of your daily regimen.

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