It’s time to chuck your multivitamins down the toilet. If you thought taking your daily dose of Vitamin A, B, C and whatever was making you healthier, you thought wrong.

A recent editorial in the Annals of Internal Medicine says that using supplements and multivitamins to help chronic conditions is a complete waste of time. Dr. Edgar Miller professor of medicine and epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and co-author of the editorial says the following:

The (vitamin and supplement) industry is based on anecdote, people saying ‘I take this, and it makes me feel better. But when you put it to the test, there’s no evidence of benefit in the long term. It can’t prevent mortality, stroke or heart attack.

The editorial is based on three studies looking at the effects of multivitamins in preventing heart attacks and cancer as well as improving cognitive function in men older than 65.

In other words: It’s science. Bitch.

To read an in-depth analysis analysis of each of the three studies, click here.

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[Source : Huffington Post]

[Source : CNN]