Skip the Multivitamin

Do you really need to take that multivitamin? Nope - according to some new research...

If you force yourself – and maybe your kids – to take that multivitamin every day, you may be off the hook. New research is suggesting that they don’t really help. According to scientists at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, multivitamins failed to prevent cancer, heart disease, and all causes of death in the group that they studied. Kids who took multivitamins did not perform any better, or have any fewer sick days than kids who didn’t take them. A lot of doctors agree, siting multivitamins may give people a false sense of security – and that they are no substitute for a healthy, well balanced diet.

Some experts even say we’re getting too much of what we don’t need with a multivitamin – and that we’re better off checking with our doctors to determine exactly what we need.

Prevention Magazine