But this:
Vitamins can make your brain 3 years younger, study says May 2023
Your doctor should already have interventions to recover your lost 5 cognitive years from your stroke if they are competent at all. So younger brain, but no help in longevity, an easy choice.
The latest here:
Daily multivitamins may not promote longevity, study finds
- Many people take a daily multivitamin in an effort to promote health and prevent chronic diseases.
- A new study from the National Institutes of Health suggests that daily multivitamin use may not improve the life span of generally healthy adults.
- While multivitamins might not enhance longevity in healthy adults, experts say they still benefit specific populations.
New research analyzing data from over two decades and nearly 400,000 participants in the United States suggests that long-term daily multivitamin use may not improve longevity in healthy adults.
About 33% of adults in the U.S. take a daily multivitamin to support their overall well-being, assuming that it may help prevent disease and contribute to a longer, healthier life.
Despite widespread use, previous studies have not found sufficient evidence to determine whether multivitamins actually benefit longevity.
Aiming to address this research gap, researchers at the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Cancer InstituteTrusted Source analyzed long-term daily multivitamin use and mortality risk in three cohorts of healthy U.S. adults.
They accounted for influential factors such as healthy diet and lifestyle and reverse causation, where individuals in poor health started using multivitamins.
The new NIH study, published inJAMA Network OpenTrusted Source, found no association between regular multivitamin use and a lower risk of death in healthy U.S. adults.
However, multivitamins may still benefit specific individuals, and this observational study has some limitations, so don’t throw away your multivitamins just yet.
The new NIH study aimed to assess the association between multivitamin use and death related to chronic diseases, specifically cardiovascular disease and cancer. It also sought to explore potential factors and biases that could affect the understanding of this association.
The researchers conducted an analysis using data from three large cohort studies in the US:
- National Institutes of Health–AARP Diet and Health Studyy (NIH-AARP)Trusted Source
- PLCO Cancer Screening Trial (PLCO)Trusted Source
- Agricultural Health Study (AHS)
Their pooled analysis included a combined total of 390,124 generally healthy adult participants aged 18 to 74 at baseline with no history of major chronic diseases.
Participants self-reported their frequency of multivitamin use, from never to daily, and their use of other vitamins, minerals, and supplements.
Based on this data, the researchers categorized participants into three groups:
- no multivitamin use
- non-daily multivitamin use
- daily multivitamin use
The researchers also considered participants’ self-reported diet history, Healthy Eating Index 2015 diet scoreTrusted Source, smoking status, alcohol and coffee intake, race and ethnicity, education level, body mass index (BMI), physical activity level, and family history of cancer.
Participants were followed for over two decades, with some followed for up to 27 years.
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