Some quick follow-up. this came out recently:
Vitamin supplements may increase risk of death | Science | The Guardian
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Vitamin supplements taken by millions of people do not increase life expectancy and may raise the risk of a premature death
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The bottom line is current evidence does not support the use of antioxidant supplements in the general healthy population
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The evidence suggests it would be safer to obtain the chemicals not as supplements but by eating plenty of fruit and vegetables.
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Just more evidence that dumping vitamins into water (or whatever) doesn't make that product healthier, in fact it may make the product less healthy.