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MULTIVITAMINS WITH SELENIUM COUNTER HIV
study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association showed that a daily multivitamin sup- plement with selenium significantly slows the advance of HIV among those with the virus. The research- ers tested 878 asymptomatic, HIV-infect- ed people over two years that had never taken antiretroviral medications. The test subjects were split into four groups, with members of each receiving separate medications—multivitamins, multivitamins plus selenium, selenium alone or a placebo—for five years. The multivitamins contained vitamins B, C and E. Those given multivitamins plus sele- nium experienced a 54 percent reduction in low counts of a critical immunity cell factor (called CD4) compared to the pla- cebo group. This group also experienced a 44 percent reduction in other events known to accompany the progression of HIV, including AIDS-related deaths. The researchers concluded: “In
antiviral, therapy-naive, HIV-infected adults, 24-month supplementation with a single supplement containing mul- tivitamins and selenium was safe and significantly reduced the risk of immune decline and morbidity.”
Vitamin D No Help for Bone Mass or Hip Fractures U
niversity of Pittsburgh researchers that followed 29,862 women for 11 years have found that sup- plementing calcium with vitamin D does not reduce hip fractures. The study, published in the Journal of Women’s Health, found that women taking calcium plus vitamin D had as many hip fractures as women taking a placebo. Women supplementing with more than 600 internation- al units (IU) of vitamin D per day also had a 28 percent higher incidence of breast cancer. Because hip fractures are linked to a reduction in
bone density, these findings are compounded by a re- view of research published in The Lancet, which estab- lished that vitamin D supplements typically taken with calcium did not increase bone density among elderly adults. The review analyzed 23 studies among 4,082 participants, 92 percent of whom were women.
Roundup Toxin Accumulates in GM Soybeans A
study published in the journal Food Chemistry tested soybeans grown from seeds that were genetically modified (GM) to be resistant to the herbicide Roundup. It compared these with organic soybeans and soybeans from non-GM seeds. The chemical and nutritional analysis of soybean samples from 31 different Iowa farms found the GM soy contained significantly higher levels of the toxin glyphosate, the central chemi- cal in Roundup, than both the organic and the conventional non-GMO soybeans. The organic soybeans contained no glyphosate, plus significantly higher levels of protein and zinc, as well as lower levels of saturated fats.
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