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Review on vitamins draws lots of attention: no evidence that antioxidant supplements prolong life

Many people take antioxidants in the belief that they will prolong their life expectancy. However, data from 67 randomised trials that involved just under a quarter of a million people failed to support this idea, a Cochrane Systematic Review has discovered.

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