Two new findings from major studies released a statement on Monday saying multivitamins and other daily vitamins do not protect against any major health issues, the Associated Press reported.
Multivitamins have grown more popular over the years and millions of Americans currently spend billions a year on vitamin combinations which they hope will fill up holes in their regular diets, according to the AP.
The number one reason American's are taking multivitamins and daily vitamins is to increase their well being and make-up for nutrients missing in their daily diets, but the government no longer recommends daily, routine vitamins as a means to prevent any type of chronic disease, according to "Annals of Internal Medicine" journal Deputy Editor, Dr. Cynthia Mulrow.
The new study is comprised of 6,000 male doctors ages 65 or older who were also part of a bigger study, the AP reported. Some of the men were given placebos while others were given actual multivitamin for a decade.
The conclusion is the vitamin-takers did just as well as those who were given the placebos in memory tests and cognitive tests. The results were published in the Annals of Internal Medicine journal, the AP reported.
The findings also showed taking daily doses of single supplements like beta-carotene could be dangerous and not helpful to the persons health, Mulrow said, the AP reported
Though they have been labeled and recommended as a plug to fill in the hole of a bad diet, multivitamins usually contain more than 100 percent the daily recommended dose of numerous nutrients and could be harmful, the AP reported.
Due to the new findings, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is now debating if heart disease or cancer are influenced by vitamin supplements and have already cautioned that the supplements beta-carotene and vitamin E do nothing to prevent either disease.
