05/04/2016
For you health focused folks with Cardio Vascular Disease and cancer concerns read this 12 year study from Harvard. Very good news.
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DO NOT MISS THIS ONE!
A new study by Harvard researchers showed that multivitamins use long-term reduced the risk of major cardiovascular events by 44% in a large group of male physicians.
LONG-TERM MULTIVITAMIN USE LINKED TO REDUCTION IN MAJOR HEART PROBLEMS
In a post on March 2, I summarized research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association indicating that daily multivitamin use reduced cancer incidence by 8%. The study, referred to as the Physicians Health Study II, found no significant effect of the multivitamins on cardiovascular disease (CVD), but did find benefit associated with cancer. Headlines after the paper was published focused on the fact that they had no benefit for CVD, and tended to ignore the findings on cancer.
In a brand new study published online in the Journal of Nutrition, researchers from Harvard analyzed data from a large group of men from PHS I (1982-1995) that had continued on through PHS II (1997-2011). The initial studies found no difference between users and non-users of multivitamins for major CVD after 12.2 years of follow-up. However, when they looked at the men who had used multivitamins for at least 20 years, they found a significant 44% reduction in major CVD events.
It appears that the statement that multivitamins have no benefit for CVD may have been premature, since longer-term use resulted in a significant reduction in major CVD events.
The researchers did not have a clear explanation of the results other than the possibility that it was related to overall healthier behaviors, or that it may just take longer for the multivitamins to affect the long-term development of CVD. They also mentioned the possibility that the supplements may have provided benefit by protecting LDL cholesterol from oxidative damage, supporting healthy homocysteine levels, and reducing endothelial dysfunction.
http://jn.nutrition.org/content/early/2016/04/26/jn.115.227884.short?rss=1
http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/content/view/print/1252108
