From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Tue Apr 29 2003 - 19:39:32 MDT
Lee Daniel Crocker wrote,
> Sure, there will be a few stray folks like life extensionists who
> know how to evaluate preliminary studies and take a few well-chosen
> supplements for specific reasons, and that's fine. But most Americans
> are just blindly buying anything they think is good, eating vitamin-
> enriched cereal, supplemented soft drinks, and pills on top, quite
> possibly giving themselves dangerous levels of things like iron and
> vitamin A. And mostly for no proven health benefits at all.
This is exactly right. Some people are smart, and can use nutrients to good
advantage. Other (most) people are stupid, and pop pills without knowing
what they are doing.
But it is pointless to argue whether supplements are "good" or "bad" for
you. They are tools they can be used well or poorly.
With my research and careful monitoring, I am pretty sure that supplements
are "good" for me. I also am sure that they are "bad" for most people.
This is one of those semantic arguments where the question itself is
invalid. The supplements are neither "good" nor "bad".
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP, IAM, GSEC, IBMCP <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> <www.Newstaff.com>
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