Vitamins A, C and E don't help you live longer

Researchers at the Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark are reporting that the popular vitamins do not aid you in living longer. The study was conducted with over 230,000 people and data is suggesting that the vitamins had no effect on life excpectancy when taken in pill form. Some theories are that antioxidants work better when eaten in food rather than just taking a pill. Also, when looking only at quality studies the researchers found that taking the people taking the vitamins had a higher risk of death. With Americans spending 2.3 billion dollars a year on nutritional supplements and vitamins, this research could cause companies that have invested time and resources into researching new nutritional supplements to lose lots of money.
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