Study: Antioxidant supplements prevent breast cancer

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Study: Antioxidant supplements prevent breast cancer

Post Number:#1  Post by ofonorow » Thu Aug 02, 2012 2:49 am

Antioxidant supplements over long term probably prevent breast cancer

http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Nutrition/Supplements/antioxidants_breast_cancer_0802120710.html

Taking antixodant vitamins for a long term may help prevent breast cancer, according to a study published in the Aug 24, 2011 issue of BMC Cancer.

The study led by S.Y. Pan of Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and colleagues showed that premenopausal women who had taken zinc supplements for 10 years or longer were 54 percent less likely to develop breast cancer, compared to those who had not.


The study also showed that supplementation of multivitamin, beta-carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E and zinc for 10 or more years was associated with 26, 42, 21, 25, and 53 percent reduced risk of breast cancer, respectively, in postmenopausal women.


On the other hand, dietary antioxidants including beta-carotene, alpha-carotene, lycopene, lutein and zeaxanthin, vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium and zinc or supplementation of antioxidants for less than 10 years were not associated with reduced risk of developing breast cancer.
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