Heart Disease:Diet and Exercise

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Why High-Dose Supplements Won't Help Your Heart


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"We haven't found the benefits to the heart" (:59)
Dr. Laurence Sperling explains that exercise is 10,000 times more potent an antioxidant than any pill.

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Laurence S. Sperling, MD, founder and director of Preventive Cardiology at the Emory Clinic in Atlanta, explains that, despite their popularity, supplements have not been proven to prevent heart disease. He does, however, recommend a multivitamin.