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Watch Out! Some Popular Vitamin Brands Found To Increase Cancer Risk

May 7, 2015

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Every year that goes by, our poor health becomes a bigger news story. As a result, people are clamoring for ways to improve their health. It’s hard for some people to sit down and eat a healthy, whole diet that provides proper nutrients so they pop multivitamins to make up the difference.

The real danger comes from the quantities in some of these vitamins. For example, if you take more than your daily recommended dose of beta-carotene, your risk of lung cancer goes up by 20%. In a study of 35,000 Americans, it was revealed that too much vitamin E increases your prostate cancer risk by 17%.

Folic acid supplements and others used to combat the risk of heart disease increased the chances of colon cancer as well.

In a National Health and Nutrition study of 12,000 adults, 45% said they believed multivitamins improved their health. 33% thought they would maintain their health. 23% received recommendations from their doctors to take multivitamins.

At the end of the day, if you’re worried about the nutrients you’re consuming, you need to change your diet and get it the old fashioned way. You can find folic acid in green vegetables like broccoli. You can get your vitamin E from kale and almonds. You can get beta-carotene from carrots and mangos.

A healthier diet is the best way to do it. All else is just kind of dangerous.