FINNISH STUDY CITED AS SUPPORTING FDA's POSITION ON ANTIOXIDANT SUPPLEMENTS
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
FINNISH STUDY CITED AS SUPPORTING FDA's POSITION ON ANTIOXIDANT SUPPLEMENTS and their potential role in lowering cancer risk by Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition Office of Special Nutritionals Acting Director Elizabeth Yetley, PhD, at a May 9 meeting of FDA's Food Advisory Committee, Yetley said the findings of the Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta Carotene (ATBC) Cancer Prevention Study are "consistent with the health claim we now have on the books, and that is that diets rich in fruits and vegetables are associated with reduced risks of cancer."