"Daily folic acid supplementation may increase the risk of prostate cancer, a secondary analysis of a randomized trial revealed.Think again.
Men who took a 1 mg folic acid supplement a day had more than double the risk of developing prostate cancer as those who took a placebo (HR 2.58, 95% CI 1.14 to 5.86), Jane Figueiredo, Ph.D., of the University of Southern California here, and colleagues reported online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute."
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Folic Acid Linked to Elevated Prostate Cancer Risk
Still think they have any idea of what a "healthy" supplement is?
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