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Fox News: Study Suggests Daily Vitamins May Not Help You Live Longer, Dr. Osborn Comments

A longevity doctor defends the importance of vitamin and nutrient supplements: ‘Most Americans are malnourished’

Published June 27, 2024 4:40pm EDT

A new study from the National Institutes of Health found that daily multivitamin use does not reduce mortality risk, challenging the belief that such supplements can extend life.

The study followed an analysis from 2022 from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which concluded that there was "insufficient evidence" to determine whether multivitamin use improved mortality.

Researchers used over 20 years of data from 400,000 healthy U.S. adults revealing there was no significant difference in mortality rates between multivitamin users and non-users.

Dr. Osborn pointed out the study’s limitations by saying, "key aspects of the study include its observational nature, the absence of a control group, and the variability in multivitamin formulations used by participants."

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"Observational studies like this one can suggest associations or correlations, but cannot prove causation due to the potential for confounding variables influencing both multivitamin use and mortality outcomes."

"Most multivitamins contain a broad spectrum of vitamins and minerals, but the concentrations can vary widely across brands and formulations," he said.

“In my opinion, multivitamins should be taken, as most Americans are malnourished — certainly not calorically, but in the context of vitamins and minerals.”‍

The full version of this article was published on Fox News by Melissa Rudy on June 27, 2024