B vitamin 'cuts lung cancer risk'

[knightofalbion]

People with plenty of a B vitamin in their blood appear to be at a reduced risk of lung cancer, even if they smoke, a European study suggests.
High levels of vitamin B6 and the amino acid methionine cut the risk by half, a study of 400,000 people suggested.
But experts told the Journal of the American Medical Association that stopping smoking remained the best way of reducing lung cancer risk
- BBC Ceefax July 2010