Multivitamins help prevent cancer in the elderly

Daily multivitamins, the most popular supplement for dieters in the United States, have just been shown to be limited, though modest, cancer in some elderly people is male. This is the result of a US clinical disease study, published in the Journal of the American Health Commission.

This study shows that multivitamins can prevent the development of cancer on 8% of men 50 and older.

Dr. Jicheal Gaziano, cardiologist at Brigham Hospital and women in Boston and also the head of this study, said: 'Our message is that multivitamins can help avoiding substance deficiency, and at the same time can help men over 50 avoid cancer, although the effect is not really that much. '

Multivitamins can reduce the risk of cancer. (Photo: AFP)

This new study results in contrast to previous studies of several separate types, such as vitamins A and E, which not only help fight chronic diseases but can also cause illness.

Half of Americans drink vitamins to supplement their substances and one-third of them take multivitamins.

Multivitamins are less effective than reasonable diets, exercise and non-smoking. These measures reduce the risk of cancer by 20-30%.

The results of this study are in contrast to the 2010 American diet guidelines, which say multivitamins are not effective in preventing chronic diseases.

In the trial at Brigham Hospital and women, nearly 15,000 male doctors over 50 years old, without cancer were given a multivitamin Centrum Silver every month or faked multivitamins without knowing what the medicine was.

After nearly 11 years, there were 2,669 cases of new cancer, some people had cancer more than once. Of every 1,000 people, 17 have cancer, even if they take multivitamins and 18 have cancer.

Multivitamins can reduce the risk of certain cancers by 12%, except for prostate cancer.