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Your Vitamins May Be Harming You!
November 2006
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in this issue
-- What are antioxidants?
-- What REALLY happens when you take anti-oxygen chemicals?
-- What does this mean to you?
This newsletter is to shed light on the truth regarding the antioxidant theory. Probably 90% of supplements sold are based on this theory. It is a theory that was imagined in 1955 by a man named Denham Harman, M.D., PhD. It was published in the Journal of Gerontology. 1956 Jul;11(3):298-300. He did no research to support his theory. It has proven to be false and unworkable. Dr. Harman was interviewed after the original publication. He said, "I thought, thought, thought for four months in vain and suddenly the idea came." (Biogerontology 4 (6): 401-412 interview by Kitani and Ivy) He imagined free radicals, the byproduct of oxygen utilization, causing damage in the body. He said taking antioxidant vitamins would soak up the free radicals and prevent damage. |
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What are antioxidants? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As mentioned, antioxidants constitute 9% of the
vitamin supplements sold.
They are the protective, outer layer
of a vitamin, not the whole vitamin. They
protect the vitamin while it is in the plant. The
antioxidants are like paint on a car and the vitamin
is the car. When you eat the plant, your body
breaks down the
antioxidant layer to get to the vitamin inside.
Antioxidants have chemical names like tocopherol,
ascorbate, ascorbic acid and beta carotene.
If you buy a bottle of antioxidants and take them, what are they doing to your body? They are pushing oxygen out. The term anti-oxidant means "against oxygen". They starve your tissues of oxygen which is bad because your body needs it.
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What REALLY happens when you take anti-oxygen chemicals? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Various journals have published research showing
that when anti-oxidants push oxygen out of your body
you get disease. The journal Stroke found
that beta carotene increased the risk of a stroke by
62%. It also showed that alpha tocopherol increased
the risk by 113%. The Journal of the National
Cancer Institute showed that alpha-tocopherol
increased the recurrence of head and neck cancers by
86%.
The British Medical Journal reported that postmenopausal women were harmed by antioxidants and recommended that women avoid them. It also said patients with intestinal cancers had increased mortality with antioxidants. The journal Mutagenesis reported that tocopherol and ascorbate caused DNA damgage (cancer) to sperm. The Journal of the American Medical Association reported that tocopherol consumption increases the risk of heart failure.
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What does this mean to you? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Avoid these chemicals that are masquerading as real
vitamins and reported to have
antioxidant qualities. Go into your vitamin cabinet
and look at the labels.
If you see 50 mg or more ascorbic acid, throw it
away. If you have 10 IU of tocopherols or more,
stop taling it. If it's loaded with beta-carotene
or is labeled as an anti-oxidant formula, throw that
away, too. Also, look at the food in your kitchen.
All processed breads, cereals, crackers, etc. have
a measured amount of these chemicals sprayed onto
them. Only the bad foods have the antioxidant
chemicals sprayed on them, making them even worse.
Do not eat foods that have these chemicals added.
If you have specific vitamins or foods that you are
unsure of, just call me and read the label to me
over the phone. I can help you figure it out.
The good news is that when you stop the synthetic vitamins, your risks for the above mentioned diseases goes back down to normal. The other good news is you can still get your vitamins from quality food. Your supplements need to be whole food also! Standard Process is the premier whole food supplement line which is why I carry it. Now that you know what supplements are bad, it's time to get on a good, whole food based program to improve your health. Call us to set up an appointment so you can start your program. 734-302-7575. Dr. Schmidt |
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