Vitamin Supplements May Reduce Colon Cancer Risk
Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN)Long-term use of multi-vitamins may reduce the risk of colon cancer by 50 percent. Consumption of 200 international units (IU) of vitamin E per day may reduce the risk by 57 percent. A new study published in the October journal of Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention showed that there was a significant relationship between multivitamin use and supplemental use of vitamins A, C, E, folic acid, and calcium and lower colon cancer rates.