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Carrots and pumpkin might reduce your risk of cancer, but beware taking them in pill form

  • Written by Simon Chapman, Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
imageA diet rich in fruit and vegetables is more than just a sum of its individual nutrients.from www.shutterstock.com

In February this year, ABC’s Four Corners broadcast a critical and compelling program on complementary medicines, Swallowing it: How Australians are spending billions on unproven vitamins and supplements.

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