Take Vitamin C and Get Fat? Huh?

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If you exercise to lose weight and prevent diabetes, avoid Vitamin C and Vitamin E.  

Huh?  You take supplements of these vitamins?  Me too. But the New York Times reports these are the findings of a new study that will appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a heavy hitter medical journal.  

I don't know what to make of one study.  But the notion that these vitamins could be counterproductive is just plain stunning to me. Andrew Shao from the Council for Responsible Nutrition has a quote in the Times.  He is from a trade association that makes dietary supplements so take what he says with a grain of salt.  But I agree with his advice: "I wouldn't change recommendations for anyone based on one study," he said. "This is one small piece of the puzzle."

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