CLAIMS of healing become suspect when the cure cannot stand the scrutiny on its ability to heal. That makes any therapeutic claim in the labels of food supplements (not drugs) questionable, unless otherwise proven scientifically. In the end, taking a food supplement on faith, and not on hard evidence, can only show the outcome of faith and not because the cure was effective. Even with the famous antioxidant vitamins—such as beta-carotene, vitamin C (ascorbic acid) and vitamin E—few studies involving food supplements have been found with relevant information, as opposed to studies on food sources and their effect on serious conditions such as cancer. What research literature extensively provided was extensive experimental evidence that antioxidants reduce oxidative stress but not that they directly lower the risk for uterine cancer (cancer of the uterus). [ Read more. ] This article appear in SunStar Cebu on 17 November 2010.
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