Self-reported health without clinically measurable benefits among adult users of multivitamin and multimineral supplements: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Multiple clinical trials fail to identify clinically measurable health benefits of daily multivitamin and multimineral (MVM) consumption in the general adult population. Understanding the determinants of widespread use of MVMs may guide efforts to better educate the public about effective nutritional practices. The objective of this study was to compare self-reported and clinically measurable health outcomes among MVM users and non-users in a large, nationally representative adult civilian non-institutionalised population in the USA surveyed on the use of complementary health practices.

Design

Cross-sectional analysis of the effect of MVM consumption on self-reported overall health and clinically measurable health outcomes.

Participants

Adult MVM users and n

SUBMITTER: Paranjpe MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7643504 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature