Use of vitamin pills connected to higher death rates in older women

Researchers have established a link between the use of vitamin pills and higher death rates among older women. The outcome of the study supports the suspicion experts’ have long harboured, namely that supplements will only benefit the health of individuals with a deficiency in certain nutrients.

The women that took part in the study were in their 50s and 60s, and all were well nourished while still topping up their vitamin storage with the help of pills. Supplements that seem to increase mortality risk in particular are multivitamins, iron, folic acid, vitamin B6, magnesium, copper and zinc. An apple day may keep the doctor away, but it seems a vitamin pill will achieve quite the opposite.