Too Much Vitamin C Or E Could Increase Cancer Risk

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Taking vitamins and other nutritional supplements can be good for your health,

but taking too many can be dangerous. A new study shows high doses of

antioxidant supplements such as vitamins C and E may increase your risk of

cancer.

Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute accidentally made the discovery

during stem cell research to treat heart disease. They were looking for a way

to reduce genetic abnormalities that occur when they try to multiply human heart

stem cells. They found that adding high doses of vitamins C and E caused the

stem cells to develop genetic abnormalities that predisposed them to cancer.

According to Dr. Marban, " the levels that we found to be optimal for

cell growth are the normal levels in the body of people taking normal diets, and

the ones we found tremendous increase in genetic abnormalities are in the same

range as people taking massive supplements. "

Dr Marban said taking one multivitamin a day is fine, but if you're taking ten

to 100 times the amount in a daily multivitamin, you may be increasing your risk

of cancer.