Should you take a multivitamin for health? Multivitamins are the most commonly used commonly used supplements in the world. Do you take one? If yes, why? Today we explore whether your multivitamin improves your health, compensates for poor eating habits, or reduces your chronic disease risk.
Multivitamins are supplements that have many different vitamins and minerals, sometimes with other ingredients. Because there is no standard definition of what constitutes a multivitamin, there is significant variability in the ingredients of supplements on the market.
The recommended amounts of nutrients vary by age and gender. The Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) provide guidance. More than one-third of Americans take multivitamins, and one in four young children consume them. Adolescents are the least likely to consume these supplements.
There are many reasons you may take multivitamins. Let’s take a quick look at the evidence for their role in promoting health and reducing our risk of disease.
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Macular degeneration (a leading cause of blindness)
If you have a particular health problem, specific multivitamins may be helpful. For example, one study showed that high doses of several vitamins and minerals slowed vision loss among those with a leading cause of blindness, age-related macular degeneration (the so-called dry form).
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