I found another paper published July, 2007 (that is, after the study: JAMA: Vitamin E, A, beta-caro increases mortality) however, vitamin C and selenium -- ?) at the The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that seems to report on multivitamin use in chronic disease. However, I cannot seem to find WHICH paper this reply is based on. Can someone please find it?
However, before I present this evidence, first, for my fellow laymen and women, may I please present some introductory information regarding the American Society for Nutrition (the primary source of evidence) -- provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services?
Here ya go:
American Society for Nutrition - ASN
Organization URL(s)
sec@nutrition.org
www.nutrition.org
Other Contact Information
9650 Rockville Pike, Suite L-4500
Bethesda, MD 20814
301-634-7050 (Voice)
301-634-7892 (FAX)
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The American Society for Nutrition (3,500, members) is the premier research society dedicated to improving the quality of life through the science of nutrition. The Society fulfills its mission via the following: fostering and enhancing research in animal and human nutrition; providing opportunities for sharing, disseminating, and archiving peer-reviewed nutrition research results (at its annual meeting and in its official publications, The Journal of Nutrition and the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition); fostering quality education and training in nutrition; upholding standards for ethical behavior in research, the protection of human subjects, and the care and treatment of research animals; providing opportunities for fellowship and support among nutritionists; and bringing scientific knowledge to bear on nutrition issues through communication and influence in the public domain.
Print Resources
The American Society for Nutrition publishes "The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition" and "The Journal of Nutrition."
Here is a relevant excerpt from the article -- to read the whole paper, you'll need to pay or use your university account -- click here if you wish to do so (view the whole paper):
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 86, No. 2, 522-524, August 2007
© 2007 American Society for Nutrition
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Reply to BN Ames et al
J Michael McGinnis
Institute of Medicine
The National Academies
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
E-mail: mcginnis@nas.edu
Diane F Birt
Iowa State University
Ames, IA
Patsy M Brannon
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Raymond J Carroll
Texas A & M University
College Station, TX
Robert D Gibbons
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL
William R Hazzard
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
Seattle, WA
Douglas B Kamerow
Georgetown University and RTI International
Washington, DC
Bernard Levin
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX
James Ntambi
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Madison, WI
Nigel Paneth
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
Douglas Rogers
The Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
Audrey F Saftlas
The University of Iowa College of Public Health
Iowa City, IA
William Vaughan
Consumer's Union
Washington, DC
Dear Sir:
The above letter from Ames et al provides the opportunity for some useful clarification about National Institutes of Health (NIH) State-of-the-Science conferences and about the particular conference in which we participated as panel members. The NIH State-of-the-Science Conference on Multivitamin/Mineral Supplements and Chronic Disease Prevention was convened primarily to reflect on the strength of the available evidence, to identify gaps in the evidence, and to offer recommendations to address those gaps. Ames et al are correct that the planning committee for the conference—as distinct from the panel that authored the conference statement—did restrict the formal evidence review (1) to randomized controlled trials (RCTs).
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Hence, on the basis of the evidence and its charge, the panel made no recommendation regarding the use of multivitamin/mineral supplements to prevent chronic disease; it only observed that study results were insufficient to compel a recommendation either for or against their use. We were not charged with, and did not consider, other factors that may prompt such recommendations by other groups or persons.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
None of the authors had a personal or financial conflict of interest.
REFERENCES
1. Huang HY, Caballero B, Chang S, et al. Multivitamin/mineral supplements and prevention of chronic disease. Evidence Report/Technology Assessment no. 139 (prepared by The Johns-Hopkins University Evidence-based Practice Center under contract no. 290-02-0018). Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2006. (AHRQ Publication no. 06-E012.)
2.National Institutes of Health State-of-the-Science Panel. National Institutes of Health State-of-the-Science Conference Statement: multivitamin/mineral supplements and chronic disease prevention. Am J Clin Nutr 2007;85(suppl):257S–64S.[Free Full Text] http://www.ajcn.org/...resid=85/1/257S
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