{"id":19876,"date":"2019-12-20T09:13:01","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T03:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=19876"},"modified":"2019-12-20T09:13:01","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T03:43:01","slug":"vitamin-a-intake-linked-with-lower-skin-cancer-risk-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=19876","title":{"rendered":"Vitamin A intake linked with lower skin cancer risk: Study"},"content":{"rendered":"

“These findings just add another reason to have a healthy diet with fruits and vegetables. Vitamin A from plant sources is safe,” said Eunyoung Cho, an associate professor at Brown University in the US.<\/em><\/p>\n

Intake of vitamin A may be associated with a lower risk of a common type of skin cancer, a study claims.<\/em><\/p>\n

The study of about 125,000 Americans found that people with the highest intake of vitamin A lowered their risk of squamous cell skin cancer by around 15 per cent.<\/em><\/p>\n

Most of the vitamin A they consumed came from foods, according to the study published in the journal JAMA Dermatology.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThese findings just add another reason to have a healthy diet with fruits and vegetables. Vitamin A from plant sources is safe,\u201d said Eunyoung Cho, an associate professor at Brown University in the US.<\/em><\/p>\n

Healthy food sources of vitamin A include sweet potato, cantaloupe, carrots, black-eyed peas, sweet red peppers, broccoli, spinach, dairy foods, fish and meat, especially liver, according to the US National Institutes of Health (NIH).<\/em><\/p>\n

Vitamin A is a fat soluble vitamin. That means it can collect in the fat cells.<\/em><\/p>\n

However, when taken in large amounts \u2014 like those in supplements \u2014 people can potentially reach an unsafe level of vitamin A, according to the NIH.<\/em><\/p>\n

Adults shouldn\u2019t consume more than 10,000 international units (IU) of preformed vitamin A daily, the NIH said.<\/em><\/p>\n

Cho said too much preformed vitamin A \u2014 typically from supplements and some animal foods \u2014 increases the risk of osteoporosis and hip fractures.<\/em><\/p>\n

Squamous cell carcinoma is a common type of skin cancer. Over a lifetime, as many as 11 per cent of Americans will have squamous cell skin cancer, the researchers said.<\/em><\/p>\n

It tends to occur in areas exposed to a lot of sunlight, such as the face and head.<\/em><\/p>\n

The study included data from more than 75,000 women who took part in the Nurses\u2019 Health Study and almost 50,000 men in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study.<\/em><\/p>\n

Participants\u2019 average age was in the early 50s.<\/em><\/p>\n

Study volunteers provided information on their average diet and supplement use.<\/em><\/p>\n

Nearly 4,000 people ended up with squamous cell skin cancer during more than 25 years of follow-up, the findings showed.<\/em><\/p>\n

Average daily vitamin A intake was around 7,000 IU daily for the lowest group in both studies.<\/em><\/p>\n

The highest group in both studies had more than 21,000 IU daily. Most of this came from dietary sources, the researchers said.<\/em><\/p>\n

They noted that increasing use of vitamin A supplements didn\u2019t appear to lower the risk of squamous cell skin cancer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Vitamin A seemed to be even more protective for people with numerous moles and those who had a blistering sunburn in childhood or adolescence.<\/em><\/p>\n

The study wasn\u2019t designed to prove a cause-and-effect link, but Cho said that vitamin A works to keep skin cells healthy, and that may be why it\u2019s linked to a lower risk of squamous cell cancers.<\/em><\/p>\n

However, she added, even if people have a healthy diet full of vitamin A, they still need sunscreen when they are outside.<\/em><\/p>\n

In addition, vitamin A didn\u2019t prevent squamous cell skin cancers entirely, she noted.<\/em><\/p>\n

The study also didn\u2019t look at vitamin A\u2019s effect on other forms of skin cancer, such as basal cell carcinoma and melanoma.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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