Re: OT Prostate cancer warning



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Chris Hogg wrote:
Associated with excessive use of multivitamins.
See http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6657795.stm

Quote: "The correlation was strongest for men with a family history of
the disease, and who also took selenium, beta-carotene or zinc
supplements."

Which contrasts dramatically with the following, http://nutraingredients.com/news/ng.asp?id=73921-selenium-multivitamins-prostate-cancer

Quote: "Selenium plus multivitamins may slash prostate cancer risk"

I think I'd rather believe the former.



Why would you believe either without reading the full studies and seeing what other variables were accounted for?

Susan
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