{"id":4846,"date":"2008-03-01T14:07:31","date_gmt":"2008-03-01T14:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/03\/high-doses-of-vitamin-e-supple.html"},"modified":"2008-03-01T14:07:31","modified_gmt":"2008-03-01T14:07:31","slug":"high-doses-of-vitamin-e-supple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/03\/high-doses-of-vitamin-e-supple.html","title":{"rendered":"High doses of vitamin E supplements can increase the risk of lung cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I read that our sewers were the main beneficiary of vitamin supplements (to put it as delicately as possible \ud83d\ude09 I decided to only take a one a day (but I&#8217;m pretty bad about taking even that). <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/health\/7271189.stm\">It seems like I made the right choice<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Taking high doses of vitamin E supplements can increase the risk of lung cancer, research suggests.<br \/>\nThe US study of 77,000 people found taking 400 milligrams per day long-term increased cancer risk by 28% &#8211; with smokers at particular risk.<br \/>\nIt follows warnings about similar risks of excessive beta-carotene use.<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\nThe researchers followed people aged between 50 and 76 for four years and looked at their average daily use of vitamin C and folic acid, and vitamin E supplements.<br \/>\nOver the course of the study, 521 people developed lung cancer.<br \/>\nSmoking, family history and age all had unsurprisingly strong links to cancer risk.<br \/>\nAnd while neither vitamin C or folic acid use had any effect on lung cancer risk, vitamin E use did. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I read that our sewers were the main beneficiary of vitamin supplements (to put it as delicately as possible \ud83d\ude09 I decided to only take a one a day (but I&#8217;m pretty bad about taking even that). 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