Study: Vitamin supplements may do more harm than good
Many cancer patients take synthetic vitamin supplements as 'extra' protection against their disease, believing large doses of vitamins promote health. But they might be doing more harm than good, researchers say.
A recent review of more than 32 studies conducted between 1999 and 2006 found that large doses of vitamins may actually encourage cancer cells--not healthy cells--to thrive.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/0...ncer-patients/
http://jco.ascopubs.org/cgi/content/abstract/26/4/665