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Article: Multivitamins and vitamin E supplements associated with a 50-percent reduction in colon cancer risk
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- Dynamic Chiropractic
- Article date:
- February 24, 2003
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Colorectal cancer is the secondleading cause of cancer death in North America. Epidemiological and other evidence suggests that 70 percent to 90 percent of these cases are caused by nutrition and other lifestyle factors. A number of vitamins and minerals are known to exert anti-tumor influences upon the epithelial cell of the large bowel, and experimental and animal studies have revealed their potential to prevent, inhibit and reverse cancerous changes within the gut.
In particular, strong evidence suggests that vitamins E, D and C, folic acid, selenium and calcium produce various biological effects that help prevent the development of colorectal cancer. Some of these effects include ...