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Article Source: Australian News NetworkWOMEN who take a daily multivitamin pill are nearly 20 per cent more likely to develop breast cancer, a major study has revealed.
The shock finding has rattled Australia's $2.5 billion complementary health industry, which is urging consumers not to panic.
In a 10-year study of more than 35,000 women, researchers discovered those who regularly took a multi-vitamin pill increased the risk of developing a tumour by 19 per cent.
By Clair Weaver, The Sunday Telegraph
It cited "concerns over limitations to the study", such as its reliance on self-administered questionnaires
So in other words, this wasn't a scientific study at all. This may be a stab in the dark, but I wonder if the people taking the multi-vitamins have worse eating habits because they think they're getting all their nutrition from the pills. Maybe it's the food that's contributing to the cancer and not the multi-vitamins.
I don't know. I'm not a scientist. Just a theory.
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