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Should you take vitamin supplements or are they a waste of your time and money? Experts disagree about the value of vitamins.

This is the People's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Grayden.

This week a new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology

reviewed the risks and benefits from taking vitamin and mineral supplements for cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment.

We'll discuss the results of this

meta analysis and why the headlines may be misleading. Dr. Tuan Manson, one of the

country's leading Vitamin Researchers, shares her perspective on supplements.

You'll also hear from Dr. Tarone Low Dog, author of Fortify Your Life, Your Guide to Vitamin's

Minerals and More.

Coming up on the People's Pharmacy, we take your questions about vitamins.

First, the news.

In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines, the long-term use of antidepressant medications has been associated with weight gain.

An epidemiological study published in the BMJ tracked nearly 300,000 people for more than a decade.

Those taking antidepressants were more likely to have put on pounds

than matched controls who were not taking antidepressants.

People who started at normal weight were more likely to become overweight if they took an

antidepressant, while those who were overweight at the outset were more likely to become obese.

This risk became apparent during the second and third year on the medications.

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