Are your supplements helping or harming you?

A big deal was made recently about a study published in the editorial summarizing the new research papers, published Dec. 16 in the Annals of Internal Medicine, which is supposed to have shown that multivitamins are useless in preventing cancer and heart disease and dementia. Unfortunately the media at large latched onto this study and are using it to try to dissuade people from using any supplements.

A dietary supplement industry group slammed the editorial and studies. “The editorial demonstrates a close-minded, one-sided approach that attempts to dismiss even the proven benefits of vitamins and minerals," Steve Mister, president and CEO of the Council for Responsibile Nutrition, said in a statement. "It’s a shame for consumers that the authors refuse to recognize the real-life need for vitamin and mineral supplementation, living in a fairy-tale world that makes the inaccurate assumption that we’re all eating healthy diets and getting everything we need from food alone. One expert agreed some nutrient-deficient people may still benefit from multivitamins.

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