{"id":48394,"date":"2020-09-18T15:52:46","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T06:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/uncategorized\/%e3%83%ac%e3%83%88%e3%83%ad%e3%82%be%e3%83%bc%e3%83%ab%e3%81%a7%e9%ab%aa%e3%81%8c%e8%96%84%e3%81%8f%e3%81%aa%e3%82%8a%e3%81%be%e3%81%97%e3%81%9f\/"},"modified":"2021-03-15T14:53:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T05:53:30","slug":"q-and-a-supplement-vitamin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/q-and-a-supplement-vitamin\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it safe to take supplements?"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

PiNK 2021 Spring issue<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_separator type=”normal”][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

\u3010Your Questions Answered\u3011Breast Cancer Care’s experts answer your questions about breast cancer and its treatment.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Q: I’ve read so much conflicting advice online about the safety of taking supplements while on treatment. How do I know if it’s OK for me to take them? <\/span><\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”24px”][vc_column_text]A: Many people ask about taking vitamin and herbal supplements as they want to do as much as possible to e healthy while on treatment for either primary or secondary breast cancer. <\/strong><\/p>\n

There is often a belief that vitamins and herbs are safe as they are ‘natural’. However, the evidence is conflicting about how safe it is to take vitamin supplements during some treatments for breast cancer, particularly antioxidants such as vitamins A, c, and E and Coenzyme Q10. Some experts suggest that they might make treatment less effective.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Herbal supplements don’t have to comply with the same regulations or rigorous testing that conventional medicines do. For many products, there is a lack of research to confirm if they are safe to use. For some there’s evidence they can interfere with some medicines, including cancer treatments.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you’d like to take any vitamin or herbal supplements, it is always best to discuss this with your treatment team first. <\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text] PiNK 2021 Spring issue [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_separator type=”normal”][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text] \u3010Your Questions Answered\u3011Breast Cancer…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":48274,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[697,1233,694,1039,1232,656,1181,1182,725,759],"class_list":["post-48394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pink-article","tag-breast-cancer-en","tag-herbal-supplements","tag-pink-en-2","tag-q-a-en","tag-supplements","tag-your-questions-answered","tag--en"],"yoast_head":"\nIs it safe to take supplements? - RFTC Japan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/q-and-a-supplement-vitamin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Is it safe to take supplements? - RFTC Japan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text] PiNK 2021 Spring issue [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_separator type=”normal”][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text] \u3010Your Questions Answered\u3011Breast Cancer...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/q-and-a-supplement-vitamin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"RFTC Japan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-18T06:52:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-03-15T05:53:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/wpdata\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PiNK-SUMMER-2020.010.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Marco Magnani\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Marco Magnani\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/pink-article\\\/q-and-a-supplement-vitamin\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/pink-article\\\/q-and-a-supplement-vitamin\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Marco Magnani\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5fb71c04b0dc2d2feed17e8d55cdeaa6\"},\"headline\":\"Is it safe to take supplements?\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-18T06:52:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-15T05:53:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/pink-article\\\/q-and-a-supplement-vitamin\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":334,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/pink-article\\\/q-and-a-supplement-vitamin\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/wpdata\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/PiNK-SUMMER-2020.010.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"breast cancer\",\"herbal supplements\",\"PiNK\",\"Q & A\",\"supplements\",\"your questions answered\",\"\u30b5\u30d7\u30ea\u30e1\u30f3\u30c8\",\"\u30b5\u30d7\u30ea\u30e1\u30f3\u30c8\u6442\u53d6\",\"\u4e73\u304c\u3093\",\"\u6cbb\u7642\u4e2d\"],\"articleSection\":[\"PiNK\u8a18\u4e8b\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/pink-article\\\/q-and-a-supplement-vitamin\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/pink-article\\\/q-and-a-supplement-vitamin\\\/\",\"name\":\"Is it safe to take supplements? - RFTC Japan\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/pink-article\\\/q-and-a-supplement-vitamin\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/pink-article\\\/q-and-a-supplement-vitamin\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/wpdata\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/PiNK-SUMMER-2020.010.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-18T06:52:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-03-15T05:53:30+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5fb71c04b0dc2d2feed17e8d55cdeaa6\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/pink-article\\\/q-and-a-supplement-vitamin\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/pink-article\\\/q-and-a-supplement-vitamin\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/pink-article\\\/q-and-a-supplement-vitamin\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/wpdata\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/PiNK-SUMMER-2020.010.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/wpdata\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/09\\\/PiNK-SUMMER-2020.010.jpeg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/pink-article\\\/q-and-a-supplement-vitamin\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Is it safe to take supplements?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"RFTC Japan\",\"description\":\"Japan's Leading Breast Cancer Foundation\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rftcjapan.org\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5fb71c04b0dc2d2feed17e8d55cdeaa6\",\"name\":\"Marco Magnani\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Is it safe to take supplements? - RFTC Japan","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/q-and-a-supplement-vitamin\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Is it safe to take supplements? - RFTC Japan","og_description":"[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text] PiNK 2021 Spring issue [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_separator type=”normal”][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text] \u3010Your Questions Answered\u3011Breast Cancer...","og_url":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/q-and-a-supplement-vitamin\/","og_site_name":"RFTC Japan","article_published_time":"2020-09-18T06:52:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-03-15T05:53:30+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/wpdata\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PiNK-SUMMER-2020.010.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Marco Magnani","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Marco Magnani","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/q-and-a-supplement-vitamin\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/q-and-a-supplement-vitamin\/"},"author":{"name":"Marco Magnani","@id":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/5fb71c04b0dc2d2feed17e8d55cdeaa6"},"headline":"Is it safe to take supplements?","datePublished":"2020-09-18T06:52:46+00:00","dateModified":"2021-03-15T05:53:30+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/q-and-a-supplement-vitamin\/"},"wordCount":334,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/q-and-a-supplement-vitamin\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/wpdata\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PiNK-SUMMER-2020.010.jpeg","keywords":["breast cancer","herbal supplements","PiNK","Q & A","supplements","your questions answered","\u30b5\u30d7\u30ea\u30e1\u30f3\u30c8","\u30b5\u30d7\u30ea\u30e1\u30f3\u30c8\u6442\u53d6","\u4e73\u304c\u3093","\u6cbb\u7642\u4e2d"],"articleSection":["PiNK\u8a18\u4e8b"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/q-and-a-supplement-vitamin\/","url":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/q-and-a-supplement-vitamin\/","name":"Is it safe to take supplements? - RFTC Japan","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/q-and-a-supplement-vitamin\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/q-and-a-supplement-vitamin\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/wpdata\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PiNK-SUMMER-2020.010.jpeg","datePublished":"2020-09-18T06:52:46+00:00","dateModified":"2021-03-15T05:53:30+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/5fb71c04b0dc2d2feed17e8d55cdeaa6"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/q-and-a-supplement-vitamin\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/q-and-a-supplement-vitamin\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/q-and-a-supplement-vitamin\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/wpdata\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PiNK-SUMMER-2020.010.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/wpdata\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/PiNK-SUMMER-2020.010.jpeg","width":1920,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/pink-article\/q-and-a-supplement-vitamin\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Is it safe to take supplements?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/","name":"RFTC Japan","description":"Japan's Leading Breast Cancer Foundation","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/5fb71c04b0dc2d2feed17e8d55cdeaa6","name":"Marco Magnani"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48394"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51399,"href":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48394\/revisions\/51399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rftcjapan.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}