Vitamin E Protects the Prostate | Important Research

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Vitamin E Protects the Prostate

A Finnish study of 29,133 male smokers, aged 50 to 69, found that the incidence of prostate cancer, as well as the mortality rate from the disease, was significantly reduced among those participants who took vitamin E supplements. Patients followed one of four daily regimens:

50 mg of vitamin E;

20 mg of beta-carotene;

both supplements in combination; or

an inactive pill.

The incidence of prostate cancer diagnosis was 32% lower among men who took vitamin E alone or in combination with beta-carotene. Additionally, the death rate from the disease was 41% lower among those same patients. This observation suggests that vitamin E may have the potential to prevent one of the most common and devastating malignant tumors in the North American and European populations.

Olson KB, Pienta KJ. Vitamins A and E: further clues for prostate cancer prevention. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 1998; 90, pp414-15. (See also: Heinomen OP. Prostate cancer and supplementation..., pp440-46.)
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