Evidence Grows Against Value of Multivitamins
Older men and women taking multivitamins lived no longer and were no less likely to be diagnosed with cardiovascular disease or cancer than those who didn’t take them, according to a report in the American Journal of Epidemiology.A slew of recent studies question the health benefits to be derived from daily multivitamin and mineral supplements. For example, 182,000 older men and women taking multivitamins lived no longer and were no less likely to be diagnosed with cardiovascular disease or cancer than those who didn’t take them, according to a report in the American Journal of Epidemiology.