Dark Side Multivitamin Consumption

Consuming a multivitamin for most people has become a mandatory daily agenda, as does eating. Once the best-selling nutritional supplements that are considered complementary. In the United States alone, the money spent each year 20 million U.S. dollars to buy supplements.

Unfortunately, it turns out that the consumption of vitamin supplements do not deliver results as expected, is far from the disease and longevity. A study published in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine states, some types of supplements will actually shorten the life!

In that study, the researchers used information from 40,000 women who filled out questionnaires several times within a period of 22 years. They answered questions about various health issues, including the habit of taking supplements.

Then, the data is matched with the state of health records and the U.S. national death index. The result, the researchers identified several types of supplements that can hasten death, ie, vitamin B6, folic acid, iron, magnesium, zinc, and copper.

Some of the supplements that increase the risk of death was only slightly higher in the study period. However, there is also the rate of increase is quite significant, about 18 percent.

Jaako Mursu, PhD, chairman of the study, said the results of this research may not be the same as the male respondents.

He explained that the consumption of multivitamin supplements should only be done if we had a previous history of vitamin deficiency. "Take extra vitamin and mineral supplements seem to actually be harmful," he said.

Mursu added, all that excess, including water, can be dangerous. Multivitamin supplements generally contain high doses of vitamins and minerals, where it would not happen if we meet them from food.

Another advantage of the nutrients from food to meet day-to-day is a variation of types and combinations than if we mengasupnya from supplements.

"To meet the nutritional needs, consume fruits and vegetables, also whole grain Cereal, in sufficient quantity and variety," he said.

Food materials contain not only vitamins and minerals, but rather a combination of a variety of food is also more beneficial to the body than pills.

"If you do not have allergies to certain foods, eat a wide variety of foodstuffs," he said.