ANH-USA: Tell Newsweek to Stop Publishing Sloppy, One-Sided Journalism!

Tell Newsweek to Stop Publishing Sloppy, One-Sided Journalism!

The January 25 issue of Newsweek contained a scientifically unsupportable article, claiming that antioxidants “may not be good for your health.” As Dr. Jonathan Wright points out in his rebuttal, the article relies upon flawed studies, plays fast and loose with definitions, and throws cold water on one of the more important classes of supplements which can most certainly improve long-term health.

Please tell Newsweek, either using our sample letter or by writing your own Letter to the Editor, what you think of their reporting. (If, however, you have time for only one Action Alert this week, we’d rather you write about genetically engineered alfalfa!)

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Your recent article, "Antioxidants Fall from Grace," was shockingly unbalanced. You do a grave disservice to loyal Newsweek readers genuinely interested in a natural health lifestyle by printing one-sided findings challenging the efficacy of antioxidant supplements.

For example, the Cochrane Collaboration reviewed flawed studies, so it is no wonder that their conclusions were similarly flawed. Most of the studies of vitamin E reviewed used alpha-tocopherol only; in nature, alpha-tocopherol is never found alone, but always with varying quantities of beta-, delta-, and gamma-tocopherol. Most nutritional substances, including vitamins, were never intended (or created) to behave as individual "magic bullets," but rather intended as parts of a coordinated natural complex in human bodies.

Another example: you discuss a paper from an upcoming issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences which finds that antioxidants might impair fertility." What the researchers actually wrote was, "Our experiments show that administration of broad-range scavengers of oxidative species into the ovarian bursa of mice, hormonally induced to ovulate, significantly reduced the rate of ovulation." Women are hardly likely to inject broad-range scavengers of reactive oxygen species into their ovaries!

This article was not balanced or factual. Please go back to fair, unbiased, and trustworthy reporting.

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