Antioxidants & Cognition & Vitamins & Minerals Baste on 08 May 2007 11:02 am
Multivitamin/-mineral Supplementation Fails Again
Source: Nutrition Journal (2007), 6:10
Article Type: Original Research
Authors: G McNeill et al.
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Just recently, I discussed the possibility of mutivitamin supplementation negatively affecting mortality. And there’s more bad news.
In their randomised controlled trial, Mc Neill and colleagues again confirm the inefficiency of multivitamin/-mineral supplementation (duration: 12 months) for the improvement of cognitive function in elderly (>65 years of age) subjects. As the article is freely available I will leave it to you to read the details.
I just wonder if we ever will have the chance to read the report of a prospective study assessing the impact of at least 15-20 years of multivitamin/-mineral supplementation starting well before (!) ongoing biological havoc prevents any possible health-beneficial effect of such intervention.