Once again it proved that multivitamins are useless

It is better to eat more fruits and vegetables than taking extra vitaminy



Americans spend more than $ 20 billion a year on dietary supplements in the hope of preventing cancer, heart disease and dementia. The trouble is that recent studies show that these supplements are of no use - they may even be hazardous to health. But given the fact that our diets do not always have all the necessary nutrients, whether it is necessary to abandon the vitamins?



Dr. Lawrence Appel from the School of Medicine in Baltimore, in his article "Stop spending money on vitamins and minerals," said that most supplements do not prevent the occurrence of chronic diseases or death, their use is not justified and should be avoided. These findings are an international team of scientists has made on the basis of studies of dementia, heart disease and cancer, those who took the vitamins for the prevention, sick as often as those who do not accept them.

Moreover, researchers found that certain vitamins may be harmful - e.g., vitamin E in large doses. And smokers who take beta-carotene, the risk of developing cancer was greater than in smokers who did not drink this vitamin.

Instead of tablets containing vitamins and minerals, the experts recommended people to eat more fruits and vegetables, reduce the consumption of trans fat, saturated fat and salt, and increase physical activity.

via factroom.ru