Then, in November 2008, another study of nearly 15, 000 participants indicated that taking vitamins C or E had no impact on the incidence of heart attack, stroke, congestive heart failure or angina.

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One reason: Brits have less incidence of common diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, stroke and cancer.

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