Nutrition

Antioxidant Vitamins Do Not Prevent Cancer/Heart Disease

Published in Women's Health Weekly, May 13th, 1996

Three studies reported in the May 2, 1996, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine have shown that long-term supplementation with antioxidant vitamins does not lower the risk of developing cancer or heart disease (N Engl J Med 1996;334:1145-1149, 1150-1155, 1156-1162, 1189-1190).

Ingestion of high levels of beta carotene may even harm persons at high risk of developing lung cancer. The lead article has provided data from the ongoing Physicians' Health Study.

Dr. Charles H. Hennekens and colleagues at Harvard report that more than 22,000 male physicians in the U.S. took 50 mg of beta carotene or placebo every other day for an average of 12...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (1996-05-13)

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