MULTIVITAMINS TO PREVENT CANCER
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A study conducted on 15,000 doctors impressive: the multivitamins appear to contribute to the prevention of cancer
An extensive scientific study, complete and long-lasting, conducted on nearly 15,000 physicians, concluded that the risk for a man to be struck by cancer decreases with a daily intake of multivitamins.
After all, men can begin to consider the idea of taking daily multivitamins. According to a broad and comprehensive study1 conducted on at least 15,000 male doctors, your daily intake of multivitamins significantly reduces the risk of the onset of cancer. This study, called the Physician's Health Study II is the follow-up to a previous study aimed at verifying whether vitamin C and vitamin E were able to prevent the onset of cancer and heart disease. The new study, which lasted about 12 years and has been performed on male patients over 50 years of age, was published in the authoritative journal official journal of the American Medical Association, the JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association).
A reduction of eight percent
Physicians participating in the study were subjected to a mode randomized to receive daily doses of a multivitamin tablet or placebo (no effect). In analyzing the results, the researchers found a significant reduction of 8% of the risk of cancer in patients who had been administered multivitamins, compared with the placebo group. In addition, among the users of multivitamins which had been previously diagnosed with cancer, was observed incidence of cancer mortality by 27% lower than the norm. We did not observe a similar effect in the placebo group. This result, however, was only marginally significant from a statistical point of view.
The confirmation of previous research
A protective effect of multivitamins on specific male subjects had already been found in previous research. In a French study 2 conducted on more than 13,000 males and women published in 2004, the daily administration of vitamin and mineral supplements had led to a 31 percent reduction in the risk of cancer in men, while no effect was not observed in women. The result was statistically significant.
It is still unclear whether this is due to the higher nutritional status of women than men, but it is known that women have a higher propensity to consume of multivitamin supplements than the male population.
Multivitamins documented
More and more people are taking daily multivitamin supplements regularly and not a substitute for a healthy diet, but to ensure an adequate intake of these vitamins and minerals that are particularly important for the proper functioning of the immune system, such as the selenium. The Danish pharmaceutical company Pharma Nord has developed and patented a selenium yeast high quality organic (SelenoPrecise ®) characterized by an absorption index documented by almost 90%. SelenoPrecise is available in two multivitamin preparations called Bio-Selenium + Zinc and multivitamins Pharma Nord, which also provide many other nutrients such as zinc, vitamin C, vitamin E, etc..
Source:
Multivitamins in the Prevention of Cancer in Men: The Physicians' Health Study II Randomize Controlled TrialJ. Michael Gaziano, MD, MPH, Howard D. Sex, ScD, MPH, William G. Christen, ScD; Vadim Bubes, PhD, Joanne P. Smith, BA, Jean MacFadyen, BA; Miriam Schvartz, MD, JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH, Robert J. Glynn, ScD, Julie E. Buring, ScD
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