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For those who eat a balanced diet, scientists have found no quantifiable benefit from taking multivitamins.
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There should also be comparisons with nutritional supplements currently available on the market, such as multivitamins and fish oil, Gu said.
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"When parents have so many competing demands for such limited amounts of financial resources, buying multivitamins may not take top priority, " worries Shaikh.
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Ask your doctor or registered dietitian which vitamins are most important for your child, because single-vitamin supplements can sometimes taste better than multivitamins.
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Omega-3 fatty acids are the fourth most common supplement after multivitamins, calcium and vitamin C, according to the Council for Responsible Nutrition, an industry trade group.
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Taking standard multivitamins did not appear to elevate the risk.
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On the other hand, multivitamins probably won't do any harm.
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So we have a large study in men showing that multivitamins seem to reduce overall cancer, and maybe even death, but an even larger study in women showing the opposite effect.
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Are multivitamins good for you after all?
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As I wrote last year, a very large study of 38, 772 older women, who were followed for 25 years, showed that the risk of death INCREASED with long-term use of multivitamins, vitamin B6, folic acid, iron, magnesium, zinc, and copper.
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Make sure to eat plenty of high-quality, lean protein like fat-free dairy, egg whites, fish and skinless chicken (protein should make up about 20 percent of your total calories) and limit vitamin A fortified foods or multivitamins with high doses of vitamin A, which can negatively impact bone health.
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