Vitamin boosts may increase death rate of users: “Thousands of people could be dying prematurely from vitamin supplements, researchers report today, stating that the pills increase the death rate of those who take them by 6 per cent.
One in three women and one in four men in the UK is estimated to take dietary supplements for health reasons. But a review of 14 trials of vitamin pills taken by 170,000 people found they increased the death rate by 6 per cent. While they offered no explanation as to what caused the deaths, they discovered that the supplements offered no protection against cancers of the gut.” (Independent.UK)
Could it be that people who take vitamins, as compared to those who don’t, are more anxious about their health, and that this is correlated with the excess mortality, either because they have something about which to be anxious, or because the anxiety itself has adverse health consequences?
