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 Vitamin C Information - November 23, 2008
| New York, NY (AHN)- A new study reveals that people with symptomatic asthma eat less fruit and consume less vitamin C and manganese than people who don't have the disease | | A new study finds that pregnant women who take large amounts of vitamins C and E do not decrease their risk of preeclampsia, a dangerous pre-natal complication. HealthDay News reports 2,000 women who were pregnant for the first time participated in the study | | A recent study shows that women who eat more vegetables and fruits have a better chance of preventing the breast cancer from returning. Researchers followed more than 1,500 women, beginning on average two years after the women finished treatment for early-stage breast cancer. Initial tests confirmed that women with higher levels of carotenoids in their blood ate more vegetables and fruits | | Two soft-drink companies were sued Tuesday by parents complaining there may be cancer-causing benzene in their soft drinks. Attorneys filed class-action lawsuits against the companies in Suffolk Superior Court in Boston and Leon County Circuit Court in Tallahassee, Fla. They accused Polar Beverages Inc. and In Zone Brands Inc. of not taking steps to keep benzene from forming in their beverages | | According to health experts, four minutes outside in the sun is plenty, especially for fair-skin people, in order to produce enough vitamin D to keep bones healthy. The study, conducted by the experts at the Australian National University, provides guidance on acceptable levels of sun exposure in the face of mixed messages about the affect of the sun's rays | |
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