Why you should think twice before taking a daily multivitamin to ward off death

Long-term data from nearly 400,000 Americans suggests that multivitamins don’t reduce the risk of premature death.

If you're taking a multivitamin to help you live longer, a new study by researchers at the National Cancer Institute may prompt you to reconsider. After analyzing health and nutrition data from nearly 400,000 Americans, the researchers found that people who took multivitamins had a small but significantly greater risk of premature death than people who eschewed the supplements. The findings, reported Wednesday in the journal JAMA Network Open, may seem baffling.

After accounting for those and other differences, the researchers calculated that the people who eschewed all multivitamins had the lowest risk of death during the first 12 years they were tracked. Compared to them, the mortality rate was 4% higher for those who took multivitamins daily and 9% higher for those who took them less often. Younger vitamin users had the highest risk.

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