Re: My two cents on that study and the media reports on it

Yeppers, this "study" was done using  random forms of 'vitamins & minerals' and as such has been used (as likely intended) as propaganda to alter people's thinking and sway them away from using them.  A typical trick of the PTB - thanks for the great explanation!

>>>The problem with the study:  the 40,000 women self-reported their use of supplements and there was no differenciation made between unnatural synthetic vitamins and crushed rock minerals and natural whole foods derived vitamins and minerals.  You can take it to the bank that the vast majority of the vitamins consumed were the synthetic vitamins found in virtually all the over the counter supplements.<<<

Willowley's point in posting (I'm almost sure I'm assuming rightly :) was that using typical 'vitamins & minerals' in any 'unnatural form' stresses or harms the body in some way or another.   Any & all synthetic and unnatural substances --which definitely includes 'natural whole foods derived vitamins & minerals' -- are truly unnatural to the body, void of the dozens/hundreds of naturally occuring co-factors & phytochemicals, hence causing some level of stress on the body to process.  Isolated/fractionated vitamins & minerals (even if they are derived from whole foods) also have a tendency to force actions in the body that are unnatural to the body (particularly the raising or depleting levels of other minerals)

>>>Had a study been conducted on people who took only whole-foods derived supplements you can bet that the results would have been markedly different.<<<  It may have been markedly different, no doubt...but I'd throw in that the results might have been just as bad (particularly in the long term).  However (as you're quite aware), "their" long-term studies on any substance rarely take into account the vast array of variables.

Getting adequate nutrition from foods alone? Agreed...it's impossible!!!  Here's a great supporting article (if you ever need more ammo/reasons): Why You CanNOT Depend on Food Alone for Essential Nutrition

Organic Superfood blends, bee pollen, vitamin/mineral broths and juices - YAY!!!  Making sure all systems can assimilate and utilize adequately - YAY!!!    Put them together?  DOUBLE YAY!!! (and the basis for ALL healing & restoration).

Thanks for sharing - DQ :)

Uny