Multivitamins can not provide heart benefits

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Taking multivitamins does not reduce the

The analysis, in Circulation: Quality and cardiovascular outcomes, collected data from 18 studies with more than two million participants and containing supplements containing at least three vitamin and mineral ingredients.

Eleven studies were conducted in the United States, four in Europe and three in Japan, followed by five to 19 years, two were randomized controlled trials, and the others were randomized prospective trials, observational studies

The pooled data showed no association between multivitamins and the risk of cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease or incidence. stroke or death. In the observational studies, there was a small association with the incidence of coronary heart disease, but none in the randomized controlled trials.

"Multivitamins rarely cause damage, but they are not completely safe either," said the senior author, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. "Some ingredients may interact with other medications and cause side effects." But a third of Americans take them, and the real problem is that they prevent them from following steps that can really reduce cardiovascular risk: do more exercise, eat fruits and vegetables, and so to after. "