A shocking new study has found that multivitamins may be worse than useless – they may actually be bad for your wellness. Many people take a variety of vitamins, minerals and supplements on a daily basis, determined to do all that they can in order to boost their wellbeing. Multivitamins are the most popular form of dietary supplement, as people enjoy taking a simple pill and feeling that it is the solution to their physical problems and can help safeguard their health in the future.
Evidence has emerged in a recent study which supports the evidence that has been gathering for decades now, that multivitamins don’t do much to help the wellness of ordinary people, on a day to day basis. This evidence also suggests, worryingly, that as well as not being of any benefit, multivitamins may actually be bad for you. This evidence seems to suggest that taking a multivitamin on a daily basis can actually shorten your life, rather than the opposite.
If you have a specific vitamin deficiency, then it is definitely a very good idea to make sure that you take this in a supplement form, but, otherwise, the idea that taking a multivitamin could help to safeguard your wellness is, unfortunately, a myth.
Statistics show that, despite the recession, Americans are taking more vitamins than ever before, as they attempt to avoid an expensive visit to the doctors. The vitamin industry is worth over $20 billion per year, and hedge funds are desperate to get a piece of the action.
Randomised trials have now found that people who take multivitamins may be at more risk of heart disease and cancer, and tests showed that those who took them on a daily basis were actually twice as likely to get these conditions, rather than being safer.