Taking extra vitamins and minerals can do more harm than good and increase cancer risk

Researcher warns of increased cancer risk with excess supplement use

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… “We found that the supplements were actually not beneficial for their health. In fact, some people actually got more cancer while on the vitamins.”…  Image via denAsuncioner.

Popular notion holds that dietary supplements are good for our health. But increasingly, research is suggesting otherwise. At the 2015 American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, one researcher discusses a number of studies associating excess use of over-the-counter dietary supplements with increased risk of cancer.

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