BIOL355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Chemoprophylaxis, Carotenoid, Statin
21 Apr 2017
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Vitamin e supplements might make heart disease worse: study. People take vitamin e thinking it will make them live longer. But it does(cid:374)"t work a(cid:374)d it (cid:272)a(cid:374) i(cid:374)terfere with stati(cid:374) drugs. Most multivitamins contain 35 to 40 units of vitamin e which might be slightly beneficial. Experts say that perhaps antioxidants work when only in food or that people who eat vitamin-rich food have a lower risk of heart disease because they take better care of themselves overall. Decrease risk of cancer, heart disease and cataracts. 1000 mg/day ( reg. dosage 60 mg) A low serum levels of b-carotene associated with increase risk cancer (esp. lungs, pancreas, stomach) very promising now for chemoprevention of cancers. 1996 study showed that there was an increased incidence of lung cancer among smokers taking b-carotene this was from supplements and not from natural sources. In addition, long term inadequate intake of carotenoids is associated with chronic disease, including heart disease and various cancers.
