Not Hair Loss News – Vitamins Don’t Prevent Heart Disease or Cancer

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There’s not much evidence that vitamins can prevent heart disease or cancer – the two leading killers of Americans, experts said Monday.

Even though half the U.S. population pops vitamins in the belief they can help people live longer, healthier lives, a very extensive look at the studies that have been done show it may be a waste of time when it comes to preventing the diseases most likely to kill you.

The findings, by a team at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland, Ore., being used as the basis to update recommendations by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), aren’t clear-cut. They are likely to add to confusion over the benefits of vitamins.

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With nearly $12 billion annually spent on vitamins and supplements in the US, the article adds that “study after study has returned mixed evidence, at best, that they help most people in any way. The exceptions are people with vitamin deficiencies.”