1 Jun 2018

Do vitamin supplements actually do anything?

From Afternoons, 1:16 pm on 1 June 2018

Not really, if you believe new research in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Its authors say there's no evidence vitamins are helpful, as most humans get all the nutrients they need from their diets.

Professor Cliona Ni Mhurchu from Auckland University joins us with her two cents.

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Vitamins Photo: (Flickr User Bradley Stemke CC BY 2.0)

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