Tue, 26 Sep 2006
Of Witch Hunts and Cabals
Sardi's
recent article on the Cabal of the Government, science community
and media is well worth a look. There are many references in here
to validate his conclusions. A new one to me was the blog of Michael
Fumento. A quick search on Fumento's site yielded the article referenced:
"
The Vitamin E Witch Hunt" which contains some real gems of it's own. This
is dealing with the 2004 meta study which came out that year and suggested
that vitamin E can decrease longevity. At the end of Fumento's blog entry,
there is a discussion of why the bias against supplements exists. One
charge that I hear regularly is something along the lines of vitamin supplements
are not a substitute for a good diet or some statement that has these
implications. But Fumento pointed out
this study which suggests
that supplement users frequently also have the best diets.
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Another Vitamin E Rant
Another vitamin E study came out recently and MSM (main stream media)
has picked up on it as usual. But also as usual they mostly did
not delve too deeply into it to see if the conclusions did not perhaps
reveal some kind of agenda. You can see the pub med
overview
here. Now first, take notice of the 24% reduction in
cardiac death:
"For cardiovascular death, there was a significant 24% reduction (RR, 0.76; 95% CI, 0.59-0.98; P = .03)."
That seems pretty clear. A 24% change would seem to be pretty obvious to any casual observer and very significant. But strangely, the conclusion to the study reads:
"The data from this large trial indicated that 600 IU of natural-source vitamin E taken every other day provided no overall benefit for major cardiovascular events or cancer, did not affect total mortality, and decreased cardiovascular mortality in healthy women. These data do not support recommending vitamin E supplementation for cardiovascular disease or cancer prevention among healthy women."
Huh?? No overall benefit? How do you explain this conclusion?
Another point is the dosage and frequency of it. 600 iu is fine but every other day? Who takes vitamin E every other day? Now tell me, if I did a study with some popular cold medicine or pain reliever and I reduced the dosage or changed the frequency, then I reported mixed results, don't you think the company involved with manufacturing this product would be after me? Well, vitamin supplement manufacturers aren't in the same ball park as pharmaceuticals (they don't have nearly the same amount of money to feed to lawyers), that's why you don't see much response.
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