Study: Daily Vitamin Doesn't Help Your Health

By , SparkPeople Blogger
Do you pop a multivitamin every morning?

It might not be as beneficial as you think.

A recent, quite sizable study of more than 160,000 women found that a vitamin regimen doesn't lessen one's chances of developing cancer or heart disease.

The findings were published in the current issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine. Earlier research had offered mixed results.

Research has shown, however, that eating plenty of vitamin- and nutrient-rich fruits and vegetables can lower rates of heart disease and cancer.

The lead author, Marian Neuhouser, an associate member in cancer prevention at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, told the New York Times that she knows vitamin users will be slightly skeptical of the findings, and she doesn't disparage the habit.

Do you take a multivitamin? Will you stop taking a vitamin based on this study?