Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Multivitamin Press Cancer Risk in Men

Multivitamins are consumed on a regular basis are not only supply the micronutrients your body needs but also can reduce the risk of cancer in men, although small.
Conclusions are generated from large-scale studies conducted on male physicians who regularly take multivitamins for more than a decade.
The results were quite surprising because previous studies did not mention a single vitamin supplements can prevent chronic diseases, even some that actually increase the risk of cancer.
In a recent study, known multivitamin supplements will reduce the risk of cancers up to 8 percent. It is still lower than the habit of exercise, a healthy diet, and not smoking, each of which can reduce the risk of cancer between 20-30 per cent.
The positive impact of multivitamin also only found in men than women or young people.
"The benefits of multivitamins including personal light and thus not significant and can be recommended to the public," said Dr.Ernest Hawk, deputy head of the cancer prevention center at the University of Texas, USA.
Mengasup current multivitamin supplements is a way of life for many people. In the U.S. alone know half of people over 50 years of taking a multivitamin. Manufacturers multivitamin supplement marketed as a guarantee of a poor diet.But so far there has been no recommendation from health authorities about the importance of multivitamins. Moreover, some supplements are known to contain higher doses than the body actually needed.
In a recent study conducted Dr.J.Michael Gaziano, he involving 15,000 male physicians over 50 years and did not have cancer when the study began. All the participants were randomly given a multivitamin package for a month or supplements without the active ingredient.



At the end of the study period, ie, 11 years later, the discovery of a cancer risk reduction to 8 percent in the group who received multivitamins.
"The main reason why we need multivitamin supplements is to prevent deficiencies, but it turns out there is little benefit cancer prevention in elderly men," Gaziano said.
Even so, experts warn confirm the need for further research to study the stretcher. But if you're used mengasup vitamin supplements, you should consult your doctor.
Some vitamins, such as vitamin K can interfere with heart disease drugs work and blood thinners. Meanwhile, vitamin C and E may reduce the effectiveness of some types of chemotherapy. Patients to be operated on is also not recommended to consume suplemem vitamin because it can reduce drug response and increase the risk of bleeding.

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