Daily multivitamins may not promote longevity

This should not really be a surprise for anyone, but….

1. A new study from the National Institutes of Health suggests that daily multivitamin use may not improve the life span of generally healthy adults.

2. 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.

3. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) 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.

4. The study, published in JAMA, found no association between regular multivitamin use and a lower risk of death in healthy U.S. adults.

5. There might of course be other potential positive benefits of multi-vitamins.