Study: Vitamins Won’t Protect You

Don’t think that taking a multivitamin will prevent cancer or heart disease. It won’t, according to a large study of older women. This study used data from long-running government research on women age 50 or older. More than 4 out of 10 said they took multivitamins regularly. The studies kept track of women for eight years. In that time, the rates of cancer and heart disease were about the same whether women took vitamins or not. Death rates also were similar. Researchers said people should get nutrients from food, not pills. The study appeared in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine. The Associated Press wrote about it February 10.