The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 269 No 7209 p150
3 August 2002

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Are multivitamins beneficial?

The beneficial effects of multivitamin preparations have been called into question. Current estimates of vitamin requirements relate to the prevention of diseases of deficiency. But, because deficiency is now less of a problem, Dr David Bender, University College London, believes the question has shifted to whether high levels of vitamins provide health benefits. He concludes that, apart from pregnant women and the elderly, people with healthy diets benefit little from multivitamins (BMJ 2002;325:173).