> A 2010 study of Swedish women found that those who took multivitamins were 19% more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer over a 10-year period than those who didn’t. A 2007 paper in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found that men who took multivitamins along with other supplements were at increased risk of prostate cancer.
I wonder how much of this has to do with the kind of people who are health-conscious enough to take multivitamins being more likely to get cancer screening?
I take a couple of Flintstone Vitamins a day, not to try to improve my health, but rather (1) to hopefully make up any gaps in my diet, and (2) their pleasant taste covers up the horrible taste of a prescription I take at the same time.
As far as the supposed dangers I find their argument hard to swallow. If the increased chance of breast cancer and prostate cancer was really that high I'd think we'd be seeing massive fallout. Multi-Vitamins are a 4-billion a year industry meaning they're pretty wide spread and have been around for way longer than 10 years. If the female population was truly 19% more likely to get breast cancer it would create an impossible to ignore societal phenomenon.
I wonder how much of this has to do with the kind of people who are health-conscious enough to take multivitamins being more likely to get cancer screening?
I take a couple of Flintstone Vitamins a day, not to try to improve my health, but rather (1) to hopefully make up any gaps in my diet, and (2) their pleasant taste covers up the horrible taste of a prescription I take at the same time.