Drinking lots of multivitamins easily causes breast cancer?

A new study, conducted by Swedish scientists, shows that older women who use multiple multivitamins are more likely to develop breast cancer than those who don't.

This is contrary to many people's beliefs that drinking multivitamins can prevent diseases

The findings, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, point out the link between the use of multivitamins and breast cancer. However, it does not prove that supplements contribute directly to disease development.

These findings are drawn from a long-term study of more than 35,000 Swedish women, who are aged 49-83 and do not have cancer when starting the experiment. After more than 10 years, 974 women were diagnosed with breast cancer.

Researchers found that women who took multivitamins during the experiment had a 19% higher risk of breast cancer than those who didn't. This result was obtained after taking into account other factors such as age, history of breast cancer, weight, habits of eating vegetables and fruits, drinking and smoking habits .

However, in general, a large proportion of people who use multivitamins do not suffer from breast cancer symptoms during the study period. A recent study in the United States for 160,000 elderly American women showed that for more than eight years, people who took multivitamins did not have a higher risk of heart disease or cancer than those who did not use it. .

So, according to the scientists' advice, the best diet is to absorb vitamins and minerals from a reasonable diet rather than taking multivitamins.

"If you have a varied and healthy diet, you will not need a multivitamins," said Dr. Susanna C. Larsson of Stockholm's Karolinska Institute, the director of the study.