Doc Talk: Popping vitamin pills can prevent cancer – truth or hoax?

Theories abound that by supplementing the body with larger doses of vitamins, beyond the amount naturally absorbed from food, people can prevent diseases. PHOTO: PIXABAY
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SINGAPORE - Every day, across the globe, people are popping vitamin pills. Some do this in the hope of reducing their risk of cancer.

This is controversial, to say the least. Converts swear by the benefits of vitamin supplements. But many experts beg to differ and say that vitamin supplements, mostly at doses in excess of the body’s requirement, will be excreted and end up in the urine.

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