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John Crea says:

> I especially have a problem with
>the inclusion of DCI in the statement, as I know of NO published reports
>on Vit. E and DCI, let alone any that PROVE that Vit. has a beneficial
>effect.

John makes a good point...totally defendable in fact...DCI remains one of
the great mysteries but saying vitamin E will help manage DCI risk seems
premature at best...foolish to be perfectly honest. It may be argued that
those divers who take their responsibilities seriously enough to throw a
few mega-vits into the morning's fruit salad on the off-chance they may do
some good, have probably also weighted the scales in their favor by
hydrating well, maintaining a good level of cardio-vascular fitness,
watching body-fat ratios, and practicing conservative and/or well proven
decompression procedures.

The real problem with the statement is that some less prepared
divers...fat, hungover, short-winded, and who breach like beluga whales
after every dive....allow me some hyperbole here....may get the impression
that popping a handful of vitamins is like waving a magic wand. Take
vitamin xyz and all predisposing factors for DCI are washed away. I see
that as a formula for real problems...Just an opinion...






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