Popping vitamins is no substitute for eating nutritious foods, study suggests

Share it with your friends Like

Thanks! Share it with your friends!

Close

A decade-long observational study of more than 30,000 people finds that certain vitamins and minerals may help extend your life and keep you from dying of cardiovascular disease-but only if you get those beneficial nutrients from foods, not supplements. The study, published this week in the Annals of Internal Medicine, is yet another to find that taking supplemental vitamins and minerals-either individually or in multivitamins-offers no discernible benefits in terms of reducing risks of death generally or death from cardiovascular disease and cancers, specifically. Simply put, popping pills can’t take the place of eating a healthy diet-an unflashy takeaway that …read more

Source: Sott health news feed

    

  • Rating:
  • Views:298 views
  • Categories: Health