Side Effects of Vitamin E Overdose

　　In recent years, vitamin E has been particularly popular among elderly They use vitamin E to prevent and treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases disease , anti-cancer, anti-cancer and anti-aging, but the more of this drug is not always the better.

　　Taking an appropriate amount of vitamin E has anti-cancer effects, but excessive intake of vitamin E can actually induce cancer. cancer possibility. This important discovery was confirmed after long-term research by a research team led by Professor Masasuke Kawanishi of Mie University School of Medicine in Japan. Professor from Western Sichuan

　　They added 10 times the amount of vitamin E equivalent to normal blood into the cells of leukemia patients. After culturing, they found that there were carcinogenic-related damages in the DNA. Professor Kawanishi pointed out that the reason why vitamin E causes cancer is because the oxides formed by vitamin E damage thymine and cytosine, the two components of DNA.

　　The National Cancer Institute conducted a study on 29,000 smokers. clinical Experiments showed that the incidence of lung cancer increased by 18% after consuming beta carotene (which can be converted into vitamin A in the body)； Taking vitamin E reduced the incidence of prostate and rectal cancer. However, it was also found in experiments that vitamin E, like beta-carotene, has dual effects of suppressing cancer and causing cancer. The key lies in the amount of intake. Professor Kawanishi said: “It cannot be denied that vitamin E has the effect of inhibiting cancer, but excessive intake will cause side effects and may induce cancer. I hope that those who think that the more vitamin E the better, pay special attention to follow the doctor's advice. ”Chinese scholars believe that vitamin E should not be taken more than 3 times a day, 100 mg each time.