Supplement Use and Increased Risks of Cancer: Unveiling the Other Side of the Coin
There is a rising trend in the consumption of dietary supplements, especially among adults, with the purpose of improving health. While marketing campaigns tout the potential health benefits of using dietary supplements, it is critical to evaluate the potential harmful effects associated with these...
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| author | Parnian Jabbari Omid Yazdanpanah David J. Benjamin Arash Rezazadeh Kalebasty |
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| description | There is a rising trend in the consumption of dietary supplements, especially among adults, with the purpose of improving health. While marketing campaigns tout the potential health benefits of using dietary supplements, it is critical to evaluate the potential harmful effects associated with these supplements as well. The majority of the scarce research on the potential harmful effects of vitamins focuses on the acute or chronic toxicities associated with the use of dietary supplements. Quality research is still required to further investigate the risks of long-term use of dietary supplements, especially the risk of developing cancers. The present review concentrates on studies that have investigated the association between the risk of developing cancers and associated mortality with the risk of dietary supplements. Such an association has been reported for several vitamins, minerals, and other dietary supplements. Even though several of these studies come with their own shortcomings and critics, they must draw attention to further investigate long-term adverse effects of dietary supplements and advise consumers and healthcare providers to ponder the extensive use of dietary supplements. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b824ae960d4d42e6a6a4721d05eeb08c2024-03-12T16:40:42ZengMDPI AGCancers2072-66942024-02-0116588010.3390/cancers16050880Supplement Use and Increased Risks of Cancer: Unveiling the Other Side of the CoinParnian Jabbari0Omid Yazdanpanah1David J. Benjamin2Arash Rezazadeh Kalebasty3Department of Cell, Molecular and Systems Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USADivision of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA 92868, USAHoag Family Cancer Institute, Newport Beach, CA 92663, USADivision of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, CA 92868, USAThere is a rising trend in the consumption of dietary supplements, especially among adults, with the purpose of improving health. While marketing campaigns tout the potential health benefits of using dietary supplements, it is critical to evaluate the potential harmful effects associated with these supplements as well. The majority of the scarce research on the potential harmful effects of vitamins focuses on the acute or chronic toxicities associated with the use of dietary supplements. Quality research is still required to further investigate the risks of long-term use of dietary supplements, especially the risk of developing cancers. The present review concentrates on studies that have investigated the association between the risk of developing cancers and associated mortality with the risk of dietary supplements. Such an association has been reported for several vitamins, minerals, and other dietary supplements. Even though several of these studies come with their own shortcomings and critics, they must draw attention to further investigate long-term adverse effects of dietary supplements and advise consumers and healthcare providers to ponder the extensive use of dietary supplements.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/5/880vitaminsupplementcancer riskprostate cancer |
| spellingShingle | Parnian Jabbari Omid Yazdanpanah David J. Benjamin Arash Rezazadeh Kalebasty Supplement Use and Increased Risks of Cancer: Unveiling the Other Side of the Coin Cancers vitamin supplement cancer risk prostate cancer |
| title | Supplement Use and Increased Risks of Cancer: Unveiling the Other Side of the Coin |
| title_full | Supplement Use and Increased Risks of Cancer: Unveiling the Other Side of the Coin |
| title_fullStr | Supplement Use and Increased Risks of Cancer: Unveiling the Other Side of the Coin |
| title_full_unstemmed | Supplement Use and Increased Risks of Cancer: Unveiling the Other Side of the Coin |
| title_short | Supplement Use and Increased Risks of Cancer: Unveiling the Other Side of the Coin |
| title_sort | supplement use and increased risks of cancer unveiling the other side of the coin |
| topic | vitamin supplement cancer risk prostate cancer |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/16/5/880 |
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