Daily multivitamin supplements are commonly marketed as a way to prevent disease and increase longevity. Now a large new study conducted by researchers at the National Cancer Institute in Maryland, US, which included almost 390,000 adults, has concluded that these very common foods may increase the risk of premature death in some people.
The researchers analyzed health data from people without serious illnesses from three large national studies in the 1990s to see if taking a daily multivitamin could reduce the risk of death over the next two decades.
The data analysis, published in Jama Network, found no evidence that these daily supplements reduced participants’ risk of death. In contrast, the researchers found a 4% higher risk of mortality among volunteers who took these multivitamins in the early years of the study.
The researchers in the new study, for example, report that the iron added to many multivitamins may lead to an overload of the element and increase the risk of heart disease and diabetes. Likewise, the team explains, beta-carotene supplements may increase the risk of lung cancer and heart disease, unlike natural food sources of the pigment, which protect against disease.
These supplements, which are sold over the counter in Portugal, are nutritional kits “offered” in the form of tablets, powders or syrups and taken as a supplement to the diet. Experts have been warning for years about the various health risks associated with indiscriminate consumption of these products and the need to take them only on the advice of doctors.
According to the organization American College of Sports Medicine (AKSM), consumption Vitamin and mineral supplements in doses exceeding the recommended daily intake for well-nourished individuals may have health consequences. Long-term use of vitamin C may, for example, cause intestinal problems or lead to the formation of kidney stones.
TO The keeperNeal Barnard, a professor of medicine at George Washington University, says more research needs to be done on multivitamin supplements, which are often “overrated but under-delivered.”
Author: morning Post
Source: CM Jornal
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