Study Indicates Vitamin C And E Supplements Don't Prevent Cancer
(Washington, DC) -- Men who take vitamin E or vitamin C supplements to lower their risk of getting cancer might want to rethink doing so. A new study involving nearly 15-thousand older men showed those who took those supplements were no more or less likely to contract cancer than men given a placebo. Harvard Medical School researcher Howard Sesso also said the study participants, whose average age was 64, did not lower their risk of having a heart attack or stroke by taking the vitamins.
Earlier research studies have shown people who eat lots of fruits and vegetables rich in antioxidants including vitamins C and E may be at lower risk for conditions such as cancer and heart disease. The notion of using vitamin C to help treat cancer was promoted in the 1970s by an American scientist who had received the Nobel Prize in chemistry, Linus Pauling.< |