Taking antioxidant supplements such as beta-carotene and selenium are not effective in protecting against gastrointestinal cancers and may actually cause harm according to a new study featured in Britain’s The Lancet.
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Scientists at the University of Niss, Serbia and Montenegro, said the supplements showed no protective effect compared to placebos for oesophageal, gastric, colorectal, pancreatic, and liver cancers and observed a higher mortality rate in people who took antioxidants than those who took placebos.
The reason behind the higher mortality rates in supplement takers is unclear but the authors of the study said more research into the findings would be done.
