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F.Cook.Herbs-N-Such: Herbal and herb-related conference
From:    Keith Knapp
To:      Phil Marlowe
Msg #59, Nov 18, 02 23:02:00
Subject: STUDIES 1 OF 2
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 PM> To add a sour note: there has also been a recent
 PM> report about =over-doing= antioxidants.
 
> Thanks for the cites you posted. Do y9u have any
> on this issue? I've heard about it but I can't
> find anything on it.
 
 Sorry, I can't find anything on the subject on my
 hard drive. I suppose I didn't download it when I
 saw it, but I'm suffering a bit from information
 overload lately and am resisting even reading
 this stuff.
 
 Along those same strange topsy-turvey lines [also
 not downloaded] I remeber coming across a couple
 of items that threw me for a loop: 1. Vitamin C
 increases the rate of hardening of the arteries
 in smokers [but not in non-smokers] [University
 of California research, I think]; and 2. Some
 cancer tumors [I forget which] simply thrive on
 some vitamins [I forget which]. [I hope I'm
 paraphrasing these correctly.]
 
 There are some others as well that I can't recall.
 
 Seems a new trend this: research on the negative
 effects of substances previously thought
 beneficial or at least not harmful.
 
 My general slant is to be cautious about imbibing
 any of this extra stuff. While most of it =is=
 probably harmless [at least to your body if not
 your wallet], I know people who, without looking
 into what they're swallowing at all, have done
 themselves plenty of no good by following the
 'pile it on' philosophy.
 
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 After I wrote the above, I came across another
 item -- on Vitamin A, another antioxidant.
 
 See next message.
 

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