Vitamin E linked to lung cancer (BBC) {supplements INCREASE risk}

[eppur_se_muova]

Taking high doses of vitamin E supplements can increase the risk of lung cancer, research suggests.

The US study of 77,000 people found taking 400 milligrams per day long-term increased cancer risk by 28% - with smokers at particular risk.

It follows warnings about similar risks of excessive beta-carotene use.

Writing in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, an expert said people should get their vitamins from fruit and veg.
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The researchers extrapolated their findings, and concluded that over a decade, there was an additional 7% increase in risk for every 100 milligrams taken per day.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7271189.stm

[Quakerfriend]

1. The question is: Who funded this study????

First question you should always ask when considering the 'outcomes' and 'findings' of any study.

[newfie11]

4. YEP

I don't believe a word of it!

[HysteryDiagnosis]

2. People who take supplements smoke more cigarettes. It only figures

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070228172604.htm



ScienceDaily (Mar. 1, 2007) — A study recently published on possible health risks of antioxidant supplements is based on flawed methodology and ignores the broad totality of evidence that comes to largely opposite conclusions, say experts from the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University.
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* Dietary Supplement
* Chronic Illness
* Vitamin
* Cholesterol
* Nutrition

Reference

* Polyphenol antioxidant
* Health benefits of tea
* Vitamin E
* Hormone replacement therapy

The research, which was published in this week’s edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association, concluded that antioxidant supplements such as vitamins A and E may “significantly increase mortality,” and that there was no evidence for any positive effect of vitamin C in the reduction of mortality rates.

However, Balz Frei, professor and director of one of the world’s leading institutes that studies the possible health value of vitamins, phytochemicals and micronutrients, said that the new study’s focus on a selected group of clinical trials disregards the results of other more positive trials, as well as huge amounts of laboratory, animal, and human observational and experimental data.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

3. Do not take high doses of any fat soluble vitamins.

It's hard to believe that people do this. Where did common sense truck off to?