Vitamins cause cancer and block cancer treatment!!!

Yet another case of scientists saying the opposite of what they said before!!!


LATE-stage cancer patients could be thwarting their own treatment by taking multi-vitamin pills containing antioxidants, the Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson has warned.

The benefits of supplements containing antioxidants such as vitamins A, C and E are the subject of fierce debate.

While some studies suggest that they could offer moderate protection against cancer, Professor Watson, who with Francis Crick discovered the ‘‘double helix’’ structure of DNA in 1953, argues that the pills could be doing more harm than good.

In a new paper, he claims that the reason late-stage cancers often become untreatable is that they produce high levels of antioxidants which stop treatments such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy from working.
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In healthy people, antioxidants can be helpful because they attack molecules known as ‘‘free radicals’’ which can damage DNA. But many cancer treatments use free radicals to kill tumour cells, meaning antioxidants could prevent them doing their job.

Professor Nic Jones, Cancer Research UK’s chief scientist, said: ‘‘We know from many large studies that, far from being potent cancer-fighters, antioxidant supplements seem to be ineffective for cancer prevention in healthy people, and some can even slightly increase the risk of cancer. This should give people good reason to think twice about relying on them.’


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