WASHINGTON, D.C.: In yet another blow to the $28-billion vitamin industry, a United States (US) task force on Monday urged against taking vitamin E and beta-carotene to ward off heart disease or cancer.

The latest guidelines from the US Preventive Services Task Force update the 2003 edition by adding vitamin E to beta-carotene, a supplement that was already known to be ineffective at preventing the two most fatal diseases in America.

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