CRN comments on Physician's Health trial

17 November 2008

A dietary supplement trade association, the Council for Responsible Nutrition, has responded to the Physicians' Health Study II, which examines the effects of vitamin E and C supplementation on cardiovascular events in male physicians and was presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions held in New Orleans.

CRN representative, Andrew Shao, said: "although the [study's] results did not demonstrate an overall benefit, the results also do not discount the earlier epidemiological data showing that people with high intakes of vitamins E and C may have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease. This study raises an interesting set of scientific challenges as to why the benefits found in observational studies have not been confirmed in this kind of trial."

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