Shaun Andersen.
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“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.

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