Daily multivitamin supplements are commonly sold as a way to prevent disease and extend life. Now a large new study of nearly 390,000 adults by researchers at the National Cancer Institute in Maryland, US, has found that these very common products may increase the risk of premature death in some people.
The researchers analyzed health data from three large national studies in the 1990s on people without serious illnesses to see whether taking a daily multivitamin could reduce the risk of death over the next two decades.
The data analysis, published in Jama Networkfound no evidence that these daily supplements reduced the participants’ risk of death. In fact, the researchers found a 4% higher risk of death among volunteers who took these multivitamins in the early years of the study.
Researchers in a new study, for example, report that the iron added to many multivitamins may overload 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, in contrast to natural food sources of the pigment, which protect against the disease.
These supplements, sold over the counter in Portugal, are bundles of nutrients “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 higher than the recommended daily intake for well-nourished people may have health effects. Long-term use of vitamin C can, 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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