Multivitamins don't help you live longer
2013-12-17 23:52:58.943609+01 by
Dan Lyke
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Annals of Internal Medicine: Enough Is Enough: Stop Wasting Money on Vitamin and Mineral Supplements (Guallar, Stranges, Mulrow, Appel, and Miller).
In conclusion, β-carotene, Vitamin E, and possibly high doses of vitamin A supplements are harmful. Other antioxidants, folic acid and B vitamins, and multivitamin and mineral supplements are ineffective for preventing mortality or morbidity due to major chronic diseases.
I'd like to dig into a few aspects, I believe I have found that a B-complex can help me when I'm having trouble focusing or thinking, but the general trend on mortality here is interesting.
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#Comment Re: made: 2013-12-18 15:04:14.096306+01 by:
TheSHAD0W
ineffective for preventing mortality or morbidity due to major chronic diseases
That leaves a lot of leeway for benefit to life.
I suffer from visual migraines, and periodic doses of an electrolyte supplement keep them away. (It's probably magnesium that's doing it, but I haven't tried to narrow it down.)
#Comment Re: made: 2013-12-18 15:56:32.350353+01 by:
Dan Lyke
Yeah, I'd like to see a little more delving into quality of life issues. Mortality ain't the only thing, and even morbidity only changes that a little.
#Comment Re: made: 2013-12-18 20:46:16.832852+01 by:
meuon
We've recently had a friend, technically a little younger than us, that passed. As a human being, a
friend, explorer, father and many more things, he lived longer and better than anyone else I know.
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