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This story isn't exactly fair. It's titled Vitamin E linked to lung cancer. What is should say is that Vitamin E supplements linked to lung cancer.

Earlier researchers found that groups of people who have a high proportion of Vitamin E in their diet experience a fewer incidences of lung cancer. Hence, this study where researchers attempted to test the benefits of Vitamin E. People took Vitamin E, manufactured god-knows-how. Supplements not food.

With the pills the incidence of lung cancer went up, not down.

The same thing happened in a study where subjects took high doses of manufactured beta carotene, a precursor to Vitamin A.

Solution: get your vitamins and minerals from real food.

Vitamin E linked to lung cancer