The Telegraph reported on 15 Feb that a scientist who spoke at the annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement claimed that taking multivitamin could reduce cancer risk.
However, on 26 Feb, it reported that the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) warned that vitamin supplements may do more harm than good and urged people to eat healthy diet raher than rely on supplements. This is contradicts the findings of a new report from the Copenhagen University Hospital that found betacarotene, vitamin A, and vitamin E may increase mortality. The results were based on 47 trials involving more than 180,000 people. They found that antioxidant supplements increased mortality by 5 per cent.
The news has attracted a lot of interesting comments from the public.
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