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<blockquote data-quote="sammmy" data-source="post: 230046" data-attributes="member: 38594"><p>The explanation why an antioxidant like beta-carotene may lead to higher cancer rates is that when you overdose it (like they often do in supplements) it may suppress the immune system. Many antioxidants are anti-inflammatory i.e. immune suppressing.</p><p></p><p>The lutein/zeaxanthin in the above study are also concerning in that aspect. Of course they were severely overdosed and they increased the Odds Ratio of having lung cancer to 1.15. That means that at those MEGA doses, either lutein/zeaxanthin increased the probability of lung cancer by 15% on average, OR they didn't and it was just a statistical fluctuation. The study did not have enough participants (enough statistical power) to decide which case it is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sammmy, post: 230046, member: 38594"] The explanation why an antioxidant like beta-carotene may lead to higher cancer rates is that when you overdose it (like they often do in supplements) it may suppress the immune system. Many antioxidants are anti-inflammatory i.e. immune suppressing. The lutein/zeaxanthin in the above study are also concerning in that aspect. Of course they were severely overdosed and they increased the Odds Ratio of having lung cancer to 1.15. That means that at those MEGA doses, either lutein/zeaxanthin increased the probability of lung cancer by 15% on average, OR they didn't and it was just a statistical fluctuation. The study did not have enough participants (enough statistical power) to decide which case it is. [/QUOTE]
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