truth or myth
“A daily multivitamin keeps you healthy.”
🔴 Myth (mostly)In 84 studies of 740,000 people, vitamin/mineral supplements did little or nothing to prevent heart disease, cancer, or early death in well-nourished adults — and beta-carotene raised lung-cancer risk in smokers. Real food still wins.
📋 Systematic review for the USPSTF · 84 studies, 739,803 people — O'Connor et al., JAMA 2022 · read the study →Backed by a systematic review or meta-analysis — the top of the evidence pyramid. Not medical advice, just what the best evidence says.