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Your Questions with Documented Answers

By Dr. Roc Ordman, PhD

Dear Doc Roc, A study just released showed that those who used vitamins heavily had twice the risk of prostate cancer. Is there a proven rebuttal for this new study? Should I stop taking a multivitamin? Concerned, Larry

Dear Larry,

As always, the media is trying to get your attention by misrepresenting the results of useful nutrition studies. I hope you will always check out www.mdrlabs.com - Doc Roc - before you let the media cause you stress that is hazardous to your health. Here is the link to the actual study that explains what the study actually showed.

"1. There was no link between multivitamin use and risk of localized prostate cancer."

So there is no need for a proven rebuttal. There is only a need for the media to report nutrition accurately. Tragically, they are more concerned with getting your attention and your money than with reporting accurately. The study goes on to report that "high levels of multivitamin use were linked" to prostate cancer. If you take a poorly designed multivitamin that simply provides 100% of the Daily Values, you will get too much of some things and not enough of others. AM/PM has extra vitamin C and vitamin D, but is not overloaded with iron. The study points out that those who took hazardous supplements of single nutrients, like beta-carotene, were most likely to get cancer. Avoiding megadoses is very important, and MDR strives to prevent megadoses when you take their various products.

I am sorry the media is willing to scare people who are concerned about getting good nutrition. Ask Doc Roc, and I will be happy to explain with accurate information linked to peer-reviewed publications.

Sincerely, Doc Roc