Multivitamins on Trial: The Verdict from 5.5 Million People
According to U.S. government sources, about half of all Americans, including 70 percent of seniors, take a multivitamin or mineral pill to supplement their food intake (Gahche 2017). But this widespread practice has come under fierce attack in recent years.
In an editorial in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine titled “Enough Is Enough: Stop Wasting Money on Vitamin and Mineral Supplements,” researchers affiliated with Johns Hopkins Medicine reviewed evidence on supplements, including three then-recent studies. One widely cited analysis, involving about 450,000 people, concluded that multivitamins did not reduce the risk of heart disease or cancer.
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