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Some Vitamins Can Actually Worsen Your Cholesterol

  • May 09, 2004

Researchers found vitamins including E, C and beta carotene stop the liver breaking down an early form of bad cholesterol. Most research tends to suggest that supplementation with antioxidant vitamins, although not beneficial, does not lead to undue harm. These antioxidants are typically thought to be beneficial because they attack free radicals, produced when the body fights infection, which inflict damage on the body's tissues. However, researchers found that these antioxidants...