A new study from Harvard Medical School shows high levels of vitamin B6 may reduce the risk of getting colon cancer by 58 percent. Patients in the study with the highest levels of the nutrient in their blood had the lowest levels of colon cancer.
Vitamin B6 is found in multivitamins and as stand-alone supplements, but foods like beans, nuts, eggs and fish may be even better sources.
"Vitamins do play important roles, but not as pills, not as supplements -- if you get your vitamins from the nutrients, from the foods," Dr. Enker said, "in which they originate naturally, that's when they have an effect."
Thursday, June 4, 2009
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