A study was carried out and it was found that people who rely on vitamin pills, instead of eating a healthy diet of fresh fruits and vegetables, are doing more harm than good.
According to them, three supplements -- Vitamin A, Vitamin E and beta carotene -- can increase mortality rates among those taking them. However, Vitamin C and selenium pills have no effect as such. When the supplements were taken separately, beta carotene increased death rates by seven per cent, Vitamin A by 16 per cent, and Vitamin E by four per cent.
Vitamin C gave contradictory results, but when given singly or in combination with other vitamins in good-quality trials, increased the death rate by six per cent, the researchers found.