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How to Mind Your Multivitamins
This Week's Tips
Taking a multivitamin is a good way to fill in nutrition gaps. But for your prostate's sake, take just one a day.
A new study showed that taking too many multivitamins -- more than seven a week -- could raise the risk of prostate cancer.
Supplement Surplus
In fact, taking too many multivitamins was worse for prostate health than taking none. More than seven doses a week bumped up prostate cancer risk by 32 percent over the men who didn't take a multi. The risk was highest among men who also took selenium, beta carotene, or zinc -- another sign that bad things could come from a supplement surplus. Should you be screened for prostate cancer? Here are six things to consider.
Prostate Protection Made Perfect
In addition to not OD'ing on supplements, here are some other easy ways to protect your prostate:
- Ditch the burger and fries. A diet low in saturated fat keeps your prostate healthy. Check out this smarter lunch choice from the YOU Docs.
- Take tea breaks. That's right, extend that pinkie and sip yourself a cup of green tea for the sake of your man parts. Find out how much you need to cut your prostate cancer risk big time.
- Yep, eat your veggies. All are good. But this particular group gives extra prostate protection.
Know your risk of prostate cancer right now. Take this 5-minute quiz.
RealAge Cost:
Taking unnecessary vitamins and supplements can make your RealAge as much as 1.7 years older.
Multivitamin use and risk of prostate cancer in the National Institutes of Health-AARP Diet and Health Study. Lawson, K. A. et al., Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2007 May 16;99(10):754-764.
