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Vitamin A May Reduce Stomach Cancer Risk
(Reuters Health, 2/26/07)
Dr. Susanna C. Larsson of the Karolinska Institute,
Stockholm, and team, analyzed data for 82,000 Swedish adults
who were tracked for about seven years after they had filled
out food-frequency questionnaires in 1997. The investigators
found that participants who consumed the most dietary and
total vitamin A (including animal-based retinol and
plant-based carotenoids) were significantly less likely to
develop gastric cancer than those with the lowest vitamin A
intakes. The scientists speculate that vitamin A may reduce
the risk of developing gastric cancer by “controlling cell
proliferation “
(American Journal of Clinical Nutrition,
February 2007) |
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