On Sat, 14 Jun 2003 16:42, Tom Bridgeland wrote:

>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2654239.stm
>
>Vitamin D deficiency linked to heart failure, but they still say don't
>go in the sun?
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2986922.stm
>
>Vitamin E worthless, A and Beta carotene risky. Hmmm. Who to believe,
>who to believe....

Did you note, too, that the first of the links ended with the usual
recommendation to consume 'a balanced diet'.

'Balanced diet' - I wince every time I see that term.  It is both
scientifically meaningless, yet culturally loaded.  Whenever you see a
reference to a 'balanced diet' prime your BS detector, it'll come in handy!

Keith