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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Walking 'is better than vitamins to beat cancer'

Cancer patients are taking vitamin pills that offer no benefit when they could significantly improve their chance of survival by exercising and losing weight, an expert revealed yesterday.

Professor Robert Thomas warned the supplements could actually make them more susceptible to cancer.

The specialist, from Cambridge University Hospitals, said taking brisk walks and becoming slimmer could reduce the side-effects of treatment and increase the likelihood of beating the disease.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Actually, some vitamins, particularly vitamin C are proven to be helpful. In high enough (IV) doses, it can kill cancer cells without damaging healthy cells. Vitamin C can also help chemo work better, though some claim the opposite. Studies have demonstrated it to be true.

One factor to bear in mind in this kind of discussion-- pharmaceutical companies make billions on chemo. It's big business, and they don't like interference.