'No evidence' for vitamin benefit

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To be clear: No evidence of a decrease in mortality with the intake of anti-oxidants. The study does not target vitamins as a whole.

It also doesn't seem to address intravenous administration of vitamin C which was Linus Pauling's strongly held belief.

Early clinical studies showed that high-dose vitamin C, given by intravenous and oral routes, may improve symptoms and prolong life in patients with terminal cancer. Double-blind placebo-controlled studies of oral vitamin C therapy showed no benefit. Recent evidence shows that oral administration of the maximum tolerated dose of vitamin C (18 g/d) produces peak plasma concentrations of only 220 µmol/L, whereas intravenous administration of the same dose produces plasma concentrations about 25-fold higher

http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/174/7/937

The title of this article is completely misleading. Please don't submit titles like that?

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