Reduce Endometrial Cancer With Antioxidant Vitamins
Posted by drlam on June 16, 2009
Around 7000 women in America die from endometrial cancer a year. Worldwide, it is the fifth most frequent sort of cancer amidst women. New scientific research has shown that Vitamin C, Vitamin E, and beta-carotene consumption decreases the possibility of endometrial cancer.
In Cancer Causes and Control, US scientists state that a 1000 microgram increase per 1000 kcal of diet of beta-carotene produced a 12% reduction in endometrial cancer risk. As it goes, 50mg boost per 1000 kcal of Vitamin C reduced endometrial cancer by 15%, and 5mg increase of Vitamin E showed 9% reduction.
These antioxidant vitamins might have a part in limiting oxidative damage to DNA, and thus reduce cancer risk.
Source: Cancer Causes and Control. June 2009
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