Scurvy is common and should be diagnosed and treated

Re:Scurvy is common and should be diagnosed and treated by Peradine on Saturday November 21, 2015 @06:35AM (#10606512)

I'm afraid that the best medical evidence disagrees with this; systematic meta-analyses of several large randomised controlled trials show that multivitamins have no effect in the prevention of major diseases (cardiovascular disease, cancer) or death; and that indiscriminate multivitamin supplementation may even cause some harms. http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=1789253

You can read more about the evidence around multivitamins, and the evidence of potential harms, here: https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/more-evidence-that-rout...

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Re:Scurvy is common and should be diagnosed and treated by jessriedel on Saturday November 21, 2015 @09:34AM (#10606885)

I'm well aware of this. This is advice for someone who knowingly keeps a nutrient-poor diet. (We're talking about an article on scurvy.) Doctors do advise vitamins in those cases.

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