Vitamin E May Help Prevent at least Two Types of Cancer

April 1, 2004

Vitamin E May Help Prevent Two Types of Cancer

Increasing vitamin E intake - from foods or supplements - may help protect men

against prostate and bladder cancer. Results of a study presented at the annual

meeting of the American Association of Cancer Research in March 2004 showed that

men with the highest blood levels of vitamin E had the lowest risk of prostate

cancer.

The study included 29,133 Finnish men between the ages of 50 and 69. The

participants gave blood at the beginning of the study and then took vitamins to

see whether an increased intake would have an effect on cancer risk. Those who

had the highest blood levels of vitamin E from foods before they took vitamins

were 53 percent less likely to develop prostate cancer than were men whose

vitamin E levels were low at the outset of the study.

Results of a similar study from Texas Woman's University in Houston showed that

patients with the highest intake of alpha tocopherol (a form of vitamin E found

in food) were 42 percent less likely to develop bladder cancer than others in

the study (those who got vitamin E from their diets and also took supplements

were 44 percent less likely to develop bladder cancer).

Vitamin E is found in nuts and seeds, whole-grain products, wheat germ oil,

olive oil, beans, peas and other vegetables, while the best food sources of

alpha tocopherol are sunflower seeds, almonds, spinach, mustard greens and green

and red peppers.

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