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Vitamin C, E not to help in cancer

vitamin-300x227 Vitamin C, E not to help in cancer

In a recent study, U.S. researchers have said that vitamins C and E supplements won’t help prevent cancer.

Researchers same team also recently reported that vitamin C and E supplements weren’t helpful
in protecting users against heart disease.

Dr. Howard Sesso, an assistant professor of medicine in the division of preventive medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, is expected to present the findings Sunday at an American Academy of Cancer Research (AACR) meeting in Washington, D.C.

The study included almost 15,000 male physicians who were randomly assigned to take a 500 milligram vitamin C supplement daily.

At the same time 400 international units of vitamin E every other day, or placebo pills for the 10 years of the study.

The participants experienced a total of 1,929 cases of cancer, including 1,013 prostate cancers. Overall, 490 men taking vitamin E developed prostate cancer compared to 523 in the placebo group.

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This entry was posted by Santosh Mishra on 16 November 2008 at 22:38 and filed under Health category.

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