專家建議:謹慎服用維生素片!

We always make the point that, outside overt vitamin deficiencies for specific vitamins, which is kind of rare, just take in multivitamins there’s no evidence they will provide any benefits to your healthcare. And in fact lots of the studies which have been done have actually shown there’s a slight increase in cancers for taking multivitamins.

我們始終認爲，當人有明顯的對某種微量維生素缺乏的症狀時，有必要吃些綜合維生素劑。除此之外，沒有證據表明，綜合維生素劑會給健康帶來益處。事實上，很多研究表明，服用綜合維生素劑與患癌之間還有一點聯繫。

So what does Dr. Brassy tell his patients?

那麼，Brassy醫生是怎樣囑咐他的病人的呢？

In the absence of any evidence, we do supply them if people really insist, but we certainly don’t offer them on a routine basis and we don’t really recommend them.

由於沒有證據(證明服用綜合維生素劑有害)，病人堅持要的話，我們會給他們開些綜合維生素劑，但我們自然不會經常開給他們，也不推薦他們服用。

So what can we do, how can we make sure we get all the vitamins we need to stay healthy?

那我們該怎麼做呢，我們怎麼樣才能保證不缺乏維生素，保持身體健康呢？

Lots of studies have shown over and over again, that a balanced diet will provide all the vitamins that a human needs under normal circumstances, and really it's only in certain kind of very specific medical conditions that people do need to take vitamin supplements, from our point of view.

諸多研究已一再表明，在正常情況下，均衡的飲食可以提供人體所需的所有維生素。依我們所見，只有在某些極其特殊的醫療條件下，人們才需要補充維生素。

And a balanced diet means a bit of everything.

嗯，均衡的飲食真有點像開啓健康之門的萬能鑰匙。