Vitamins fare poorly in analysis

Are you tempted to pop vitamins to cover the nutritional bases? Then you may want to consider this: A new analysis of 67 studies concludes that dietary supplements not only did not cut death rates but in some cases could actually have hiked them. The study from Cochrane Collaboration found no evidence to support antioxidant supplements for primary or secondary prevention8221; of death. Vitamins A, E and beta carotene 8220;may increase mortality,8221; it said.