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Dietary Supplements
First study of resveratrol finds effect on breast, prostate cancers unlikely
May 13th, 2004
The first rigorous study of the dietary supplement resveratrol found that oral dietary supplements of resveratrol are unlikely to have any effect on breast and prostate cancer. Thomas Walle, Medical University of South Carolina, presented the results at the American Physiological Society's Experimental Biology 2004 conference, held during April 2004. Resveratrol, a plant antioxidant found in abundance in grapes, wine, and peanuts, is widely sold as a dietary supplement with claims of numerous beneficial health effects. These range from extending life span to preventing heart disease and cancer. These positive health effects, however, have mainly been...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2004-05-13)
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