Patients are asking if multivitamins are beneficial

May 2014

Patients are asking if multivitamins are beneficial...due to reports in the lay press that they don't help.

Multivitamins do NOT reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer, or death in HEALTHY adults.

And too much can be harmful. High-dose beta-carotene may increase the risk of lung cancer in smokers...and too much vitamin E may increase the risk of hemorrhagic stroke, prostate cancer, and mortality.

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Patients are asking if multivitamins are beneficial

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