Vitamin Supplements May Lack In Health Benefits

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MIAMI (CBS4) ― Vitamin supplements do not extend life and could even lead to premature death, according to research carried out at Copenhagen University.

Researchers in Denmark, carried out the study, which was published this week in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, suggesting there may be "no convincing evidence" that antioxidant supplements prevent the risk of early death either in those with disease or in healthy people.

Reportedly, one in three women and one in four men regularly take vitamin supplements and so the findings from this extensive study, which looked at the effects of a range of vitamins and selenium across numerous trials, will be of interest to the public, medical communities and the dietary supplement industry.

Researchers carried out a review of 67 studies on 230,000 healthy people and found "no convincing evidence" that any of the antioxidants helped to prolong life expectancy.

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