Antioxidant Vitamins Supplements Could Shorten Lifespan

항산화 비타민 보충제 수명 단축시킬 수도         They’re supposed to make you healthy, but it seems vitamin pills could do you more harm than good. Researchers in Denmark say that far from prolonging our lives, some could be harmful in large doses and lead to an earlier death. Well our Medical Correspondent Fergus Walsh is here to explain. Fergus. Well, researchers analyzed 67 clinical trials involving 230 thousand people to try to find out the effects of antioxidant vitamin supplements on health. There’s no doubt many Britains believe they work. Sales are worth 360 million pounds a year, and they’re taken by 4 in 10 adults. But the findings were worrying. Vitamin A supplements were associated with a 16% increased mortality risk. Beta-carotene, which the body converts into vitamin A, was linked to a 7% increased risk, and Vitamin E to a 4% increase. For both vitamin C and selenium, there was no evidence either way for positive or negative effects. So how are antioxidant supplements supposed to help? Well, free radicals are molecules in the body which can slowly damage tissue over time causing aging and disease. Many believe that the antioxidants in these vitamin supplements can mop up or neutralize the free radicals, promoting good health. But it’s possible this could also have damaging effects in large doses. “You might be taking multivitamin supplements, you might be taking fish oils, you might be taking calcium. That’s probably a reasonable combination for many elderly people. But if you’re also taking uh...extra antioxidants as well, then I think you may…actually be doing yourself more harm than good, especially if you’re overweight, a heavy drinker, or if you have liver or kidney problems. They’re specific problems that increase the risk of these dangers.” A healthy diet is the best and most natural source for vitamins, but only 1 in 4 adults manages 5 portions of fruit and veg a day. So aren’t supplements a good idea? “Just because we need some of them doesn’t necessarily mean that more is better. And in fact, more can imbalance our system. So that[sic] is really better to get them from food and in addition, food will give you all sorts of other things that you won’t get from the supplement." It’s actually more than a year since this worrying research was first published, yet there’s been no drop in sales of vitamin supplements. It seems many of us prefer to pick and choose which health risks we take note of, George. Fergus, thank you.

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be supposed to~ : to be expected or intended to happen in a particular way or have a particular result ex. The new regulations are supposed to help single parents. do harm (to a person) : (= do a person harm) (~에게) 위해를 가 하다, 해가되다, 해치다 * do no harm 해가 되지 않다 * do more harm than good : to make a situation worse instead of better ex. Strenuous exercise can often do more harm than good. * do good (to a person) : (= do a person good) (~ 에게) 착한 일을 하다, 친절을 베풀다, 이롭다, 효력이 있다, 도움이 되다 ex. Bitters do good to the stomach. 입에 쓴 것이 몸에는 좋다. ex. Do good and don't look back. 선을 행하고 뒤를 돌아보지 말아라. * do no good/not do any good : to not have any effect or success ex. I'll talk to her, but it won't do any good. 하지만 아무런 소용이 없을 것이다. be far from : ~ 로부터 거리가 멀다, ~ 이 결코 아니다   * far from ~ : ~이기는 커녕 (전혀 반대로) ex. Far from studying hard, he did not even open the book. 그는 열심히 공부하기는커녕 책도 펴 보지 않았다.   prolong : (공간 기간을) 늘이다, 길게 하다, 연장하다 ex. prolong one's stay abroad 외국에서의 체재 기간을 연장하다 * prolonged 연장된, 오래 끄는, 장기의 dose : (약의 1 회분) 복용량, (약의) 한 첩, (비유적) 쓴 약, 약이 되는 것, (충 고 따위의) 한마디 ex. take medicine in small doses 조금씩 약을 복용하다 / ex. a lethal[a fatal] dose 치사량 * dose of : an amount of something bad that happens to you ex. I've just had a nasty dose of flu. ex. Local people were exposed to high doses of radiation. clinical trial : 임상실험 (clinical test) antioxidant : 산화방지제, 항산화제 supplement : 보충, 부록, 추가, 영양제, 보완하다, 보충하다, ~ 에 부록을 붙이다 ex. vitamin supplements for pregnant women finding : [종종 pl.] 발견 (물), 습득물, 조사 [연구] 결과, (법관 ·배심원 등의) 결정, 평결 ex. The government seems to have ignored the findings of its own report. associate : (일 등에서의) 동료, 연상하다, 관련시키다 (to form a connection in your mind between different people or things) * associate something with someone/something: ex. Most people associate this brand with good quality. * be associated with : His social problems were associated with heavy drinking. 폭음과 관련있었다 . * associate with someone : 교제하다 (to spend time with someone) ex. While she was in Paris , she associated with many well-known artists. mortality : 죽을 운명, 죽음을 면할 수 없음, 사망률 (death rate), 사망자 수 ex. infant mortality (rate) 유아 사망률 convert : ~ 을 전환하다, 개심[전향]시키다, 개종시키다, vi. 변화하다, 바꾸다, 개종하다, 전향하다, 개심[전향]자, 개종자 free radical : 유리기/ a molecule that has an extra electron and can react very easily with other molecules. Free radicals sometimes form in the human body and can cause cancer. * radical : 근본적인, <사람 사 상 등이> 과격한, 급진적인, 과격론자, 급진분자 ex. a radical group 과격 단체 molecule : 분자 mop up : 1. = mop <엎지른 물 등을> 닦아 내다 ex. He mopped up the milk with a tissue. 2. <일 등을> 끝내다, 마무리짓다 ex. We should be able to mop the rest of this up by the beginning of next week. 3. 소탕하다 ex. The government had hoped to mop up rebel resistance.   heavy drinker : 술을 많이 마시는 사람 * social drinker : 사교적인 자리에서만 적당히 마시는 사람 portion : 일부, 부분, (음식의) 1인분 ( the amount of food that one person eats at a meal ) ex. If you eat smaller portions, you will begin to lose weight. veg : vegetable(s) imbalance :  불균형, 불안정 pick and choose : (신중히) 고르다, (신중히) 선택하 다 / to carefully choose only things that you really want and reject the others. ex. We, the patients, cannot pick and choose our doctors. * pick : 고르다, 선택(권) ex. Take your pick. 골라 잡으세요. take note of ~ : ~ 에 주의[주목]하다 ex. I took note of what she said. * make a note of~ ~ 을 적다, 필기하다 ex. I've made a note of what needs to be repaired

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