Folic Acid, B12 May Increase Cancer Risk

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"There is new evidence that folic acid, taken in large doses, may promote some cancers.

Heart patients in Norway who took folic acid and vitamin B12 supplements were found to have a slightly increased risk for cancer and death from all causes, compared to heart patients who did not take the supplements in a study published in TheJournal of the American Medical Association."

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Folic Acid, B12 May Increase Cancer Risk

There is new evidence that folic acid, taken in large doses, may promote some cancers.

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"Roughly 70% of all the patients in the study were either current or former smokers, including more than 90% of those who developed lung cancer.


In a statement issued in response to the study, a spokesman for the supplement-industry trade association Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) noted that the lung cancer finding has not been seen in other studies.
"The real headline of this study should be that smoking increases the risk of lung cancer -- the study found that a total of 94% of the subjects who developed lung cancer were either current or former smokers," CRN Vice President for Scientific and Regulatory Affairs Andrew Shao, PhD, says in a news release."