[ExI] Once again: Some vitamins don't help in large doses

[Dan]

--- On Tue, 5/12/09, Michael LaTorra <mlatorra at gmail.com> wrote:
> Vitamins Found to
> Curb Exercise Benefits 
> By NICHOLAS WADE
> Published: May 11, 2009 
>  
> If you exercise to improve your metabolism and prevent
> diabetes, you may want to avoid antioxidants like vitamins C
> and E. 
>    ....
> “If you exercise to promote health, you shouldn’t
> take large amounts of antioxidants,” Dr. Ristow said. A
> second message of the study, he said, “is that
> antioxidants in general cause certain effects that inhibit
> otherwise positive effects of exercise, dieting and other
> interventions.” The findings appear in this week’s issue
> of The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
>    ...
> Read entire article at:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/12/health/research/12exer.html?em

I would like to read the specifics of research.

>From the article, they mentioned "moderate doses."  Since I'm not sure what exactly they mean, I think it's premature to just to the conclusion of "[o]nce again: Some vitamins don't help in large doses."  Without knowing more details -- were the young men in good health? what were their ages? how often did they exercise? how long did the study last? what were the doses and how often? what types of C and E were used? -- this looks like more little more than another typical hit-and-run attack on supplements.  I mean most people will trust the NY Times, but this story lacks the context where an informed person might judge whether the claims made are valid and whether to stop using these two micronutrients.

Regards,

Dan