Feeling tired out? Want to boost your energy level in a fast and allegedly healthy way? A lot of us turn to vitamins, which explains why 50 percent of people in the United States take some form of dietary supplement, as the Atlantic reported.
Unfortunately, a recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology suggests that taking vitamin B6 and B12 supplements in high doses seems to triple or almost quadruple the risk of lung cancer in men. So far there has been no evidence of a heightened risk for women.
The Ohio State University research found men who take too much of these two popular vitamins greatly increase their cancer risk, particularly if they smoke.
Unfortunately, a recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology suggests that taking vitamin B6 and B12 supplements in high doses seems to triple or almost quadruple the risk of lung cancer in men. So far there has been no evidence of a heightened risk for women.
The Ohio State University research found men who take too much of these two popular vitamins greatly increase their cancer risk, particularly if they smoke.
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| The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is deliberating whether vitamin supplements make any difference in the average person’s risk of heart disease or cancer. |
“What we found was that men who had used dietary supplements, in particular B6 and vitamin B12, at high doses for 10 years, were at significant increased risk of developing lung cancer,” said Dr. Theodore Brasky, who led the study at OSU’s Comprehensive Cancer Center, according to Newsmax.
“In fact, all men who used these supplements in high doses for a decade had approximately double the risk developing lung cancer, and in men who smoked, the risk was three to four times as great.”
The recommended daily allowance for vitamin B6 for men is only about one and a half milligrams, and for vitamin B12, it’s less than two and a half micrograms per day. The trouble there is way more than than packed into the average vitamin pill. Let the buyer beware.
“But if you look at these supplement bottles, they’re being sold in pill form at up to 5,000 micrograms per dose, which is much, much higher than the daily recommended amount,” said Brasky, as Newsmax noted. “It’s very easy to get all the vitamin B you need in this country, from eating meats, chickpeas and foods like cereal that are fortified with them, so there really is no reason to supplement your vitamin B intake at these levels, and certainly not for years on end.”
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