Vitamin E Supplement Increases Prostate Cancer Risk

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – A vitamin thought to prevent cancer might actually cause it. Scientists were suspicious for years, now there’s finally proof. Vitamin E does more harm than good, and men who take high doses face an increased risk of developing prostate cancer.

Ralph Sanderson was part of the government research to see if vitamin E could prevent prostate cancer.

“I had a couple of friends who had prostate cancer and I thought this would be worth doing,” said Ralph.

There had been preliminary evidence that vitamin E and selenium might reduce the risk of prostate cancer. The SELECT study of 35,000 healthy men, aimed to prove that, at a cost of 130 million dollars.

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