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Vitamins
From CopperWiki
There are growing evidences of the importance of vitamins in foods in prevention and treatment of certain types of cancers. Certain studies have shown that vegetables high in vitamin C, such as broccoli and bell peppers, considerably reduces the risk of prostate cancer. Similarly, kidney cancer risks decrease with consumption of diet high in cruciferous vegetables.
[edit] Did you know?
- that the word 'Vitamin" is the combination of two words proposed by Dr. Cacimir Fun who in 1911 talked about "Vita Amine" when referring to a new food substance used in the cure of beri-beri. Several decades later, the final "e" was dropped and a new word was created: Vitamin.
- Vitamins as micro-nutrients were actually discovered earlier (1887) when Dr.Eijkman who was studying a disease in Indonesia called beriberi realized that fowl who were fed with polished rice developed the disease whereas those fed on crudely milled rice did not.
