Multivitamin Use and Mortality Risk in 3 Prospective US Cohorts JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7(6):e2418729. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.18729

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2820369?utm_term=062624&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_medium=referral&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9RS1V36tvcjyXfuBjgrVBMF8-bap0I3NK0xCbAv5UhbkRXKoHmobepz-JvP5RDd-j-qClZEAjKGTMkxyDy_invY5ECbw&_hsmi=313371527&utm_source=For_The_Media Multivitamins don’t lower risk of dying, study says One in three adults in the U.S. take multivitamins to prevent disease, despite limited evidence on the practice. Adding to the case against daily pills: A study published yesterday in JAMA Network Open showed that multivitamins don’t lower your risk of dying. The study analyzed data from three cohort studies that tracked almost 400,000 participants for nearly 30 years starting in the late 90s. But hold on — in a supplementary commentary on the studies, three researchers who were not involved note that mortality assessments like this miss some non-life-or-death benefits. Especially for older adults, multivitamins can help delay age-related vision loss and improve memory and cognitive decline. But hold on again — these studies also miss important risks that come with overloading certain micronutrients. All in all, the evidence points to the importance of getting vitamins from real food rather than supplements whenever possible, the commentary authors write. (And if you’re still not convinced, just FYI that the FDA doesn’t even really know what’s in those vitamins on the shelf, anyway.) June 26, 2024 The Limited Value of Multivitamin Supplements Neal D. Barnard, MD1,2; Hana Kahleova, MD, PhD2,3; Roxanne Becker, MBChB2 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2820375?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8qTa4g8GfOhWN0XCyz_homXgPVTqr176Y45gp_16l_NsKG-_xlFLXI1iBzmZUNZd3k5GsIPDhNjl1rZ1ZQstUQFdb8DQ&_hsmi=313371527&utm_content=313371527&utm_source=hs_email Daily multivitamins improved the brain function of seniors in a trial — but plenty of questions remain Jonathan Wosen By Jonathan Wosen https://www.statnews.com/2022/09/14/daily-multivitamins-improved-the-brain-function-of-seniors-in-a-trial-but-plenty-of-questions-remain/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_FBNHRElK9gWXrSwi3fWypg08E-9tImGssoJzYfvRmosQaG8dG3WoKiZdWPRBKxwHiYcsWGC0N79NmS6zJLIHqfz3InA&_hsmi=313371527&utm_content=313371527&utm_source=hs_email The FDA says it’s in the dark about thousands of dietary supplement ingredients Nicholas Florko By Nicholas Florko https://www.statnews.com/2022/05/24/fda-in-the-dark-supplement-ingredients/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8xCl-5DGOUwKZQYi_dEGdx14vee8_s2zg1wFygTIoe1GnhU26uP0nYSuiyMQ80ZjzTIifp87GeFSY3O3Vk0jJ5cu_2pQ&_hsmi=313371527&utm_content=313371527&utm_source=hs_email