Researchers have been able to discover, that over dosage of antioxidants, which are agents that help in protecting cell damage, which is inflicted by molecules known as oxygen-free radicals, such as vitamins C and E can become the cause of cancer.

Scientists from Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, U. S., discovered while conducting a research that disproportionate dosages of vitamins C and E may perhaps shoot up the occurrence of genetic irregularities in cells, causing cancer, which means that abnormal cells that divide with no control, which can attack close by tissues or spread via the bloodstream and lymphatic system to other parts of the body.

Lead study author, Eduardo Marban, Director, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute said that consuming one multivitamin on a daily basis is ok. However, if you consume a higher amount of these vitamins, thinking it is going to keep them energetic is wrong idea.

Marban added that if you are consuming 10 or 100 times the quantity in a everyday multivitamin, you may be prompting your cells to developing cancer, thus aiding the idea that more is not all the time better.

Researchers, whilst giving clarifications that the study associates with antioxidant supplements and not to foods rich in antioxidants, showed that foods such as milk, oranges, blueberries and peanuts are a better option as an alternative.