Multivitamins don’t just help keep us at optimum health but also slow down ageing – if you believe the headlines this week.
But perhaps we should think twice before we stock up. Most previous research into multivitamins has given results that are disappointingly underwhelming.
And even the latest trial’s findings are less promising than they first seem.
“My personal advice is to stop taking multivitamins, whether in pill or gummy form,” said Professor Pilar Guallar Castillón, a lecturer at the Autonomous University of Madrid, who was not involved in the study. “Eat a healthy, varied diet rich in fruit and vegetables, and do not waste your money on nutritional supplements.”
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