A new study has revealed that nutrients such as vitamin B6 and B12 present in food help decrease risk of developing pancreatic cancer especially in lean people.
The Eva Schernhammer led team of researchers conducted the study at Harvard Medical School. The study was conducted on patients who had donated blood and found that people who were at or below normal body weight decreased their risk for developing pancreatic cancer if they took high levels of vitamin B6, vitamin B12, and roughage from food. The research determined that their risk was 81 percent, 73 percent, and 59 percent lesser as compared to participants who did not eat as much of these nutrients or who weighed more.
The study also established that people receiving these essential nutrients from multivitamin pills had a 139 percent increased relative risk of developing pancreatic cancer. It can vary from person to person but essentially can be fatal if used by a person already suffering from occult cancer.
The findings of the study were published in the June issue of Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. The study included 208 pancreatic cancer cases and 623 cancer-free control cases. The Women’s Health Initiative, the Harvard School of Public Health – the Nurses’ Health Study, the Health Professionals Follow-up Study, and the Physician’s Health Study helped in the research.
In order to avoid contacting a deadly disease as pancreatic cancer, one must maintain a normal weight and eat fruit and vegetables regularly. A proper diet is a way to a healthy life.
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