Tuesday, August 12, 2008

DOES VITAMIN A CAUSE CANCER?

According to Swedish researchers, high intake of vitamin A apparently reduces the risk of developing gastric cancer. Vitamin A comes pre-formed, as retinol in foods of animal origin, or in precursor form, as carotenoids in fruits and vegetables e.g. Carrots. Dr Susanna C. Larasson of the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm and colleagues explain in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Vitamin A may influence the development of stomach cancer through its role in controlling call proliferation; the researchers write that however, epidermiologic studies of vitamin A, retinol (preformed vitamin A) and provitamin A carotenoid in relation to the risk of gastric cancer have documented inconsistent results.

Well that is all for today. I don’t know when I would be able to post because I have got to go to work and always arrive late and tired. I will however give it my best shot.

Stay beautifully blessed.
Your girl, Bim nubi.

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