Multivitamins Don't Affect Your Health And Mind, Experts Say People Should Avoid Spending On These Pills

Multivitamins don't create any wonders for a human body and people better start resorting to exercise and proper diet, a recent study has found out.

Dr. Cynthia Mulrow of the Annals of Internal Medicine told Reuters Health that multivitamins and other supplement are a waste of money because they cannot enhance one's memory or prevent further heart disease or death among people who are already carrying such disease.

"People over time and particularly people in the United States have been led to believe that vitamin and mineral supplements will make them healthier, and they're looking for a magic pill," Dr. Cynthia Mulrow said.

"People . . . should be active, should not (overeat), should avoid excessive alcohol and should not be spending money on these pills, these vitamins and minerals," she added.

These findings are a follow up to a related study conducted by the group last month. The study found out, as the New York Times reported, that "multivitamins had no effect on heart disease and possibly a small effect on cancer risk, but only among men." The research involved 6000 older male doctors who were put under study for 12 years. They were given a standard multivitamin or vitamin-free placebo as well as up to four memory tests since the research commenced.

These male doctors participated in an exam and their colleagues found no cognitive differences between the vitamin and placebo groups at any time point. They didn't also get higher scores memory tests drop against normal groups.

Another study was conducted and this time, it involved men and women. Participants were compelled to take six vitamin pills a day and according to Mount Sinai Medical Center's Dr. Gervasio Lamas, the head of the second research, "there is no need to be taking multivitamins and multiminerals to prevent heart disease and there is extensive evidence on that."

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