lundi 24 février 2014

What Does Research Say About Multivitamin Usage in Men?

By Arthur Kavanaugh


Guys, what's your opinion on men's multi-vitamin supplements? Good, bad or worthless? Many males are examining their daily routine of supplementing with a men's multivitamin because of the study that appeared in "Journal of the North American Medical Association".

Called "Physicians' Health Study II", male volunteers were given either a multivitamin or placebo and monitored from 1997-2011. Researchers found that guys that received multivitamins were as susceptible to heart issues as the group who took placebos.

The object of the trial study was to collect data on whether or not a men's multivitamin reduced the danger of "site-specific cancer incidence or mortality". The doctors who took part in the study 1) ate healthy diets 2) body mass indexes were low 3) exercised frequently 4) took baby aspirin daily.

Or, as Duffy MacKay VP Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, Council for Responsible Nutrition summed it up, "The undeniable fact that the individuals were already engaging in these healthy behaviors would have made it extra hard for a multivitamin to meaningfully contribute towards reducing any additional risk of heart disease. "

However , the investigators reported an 8% reduced risk on all cancer types for study volunteers who took a men's multi-vitamin. The study focused solely on linking men's multivitamins with reducing risks of cancer. Although discoveries show vitamins do not "meaningfully" make a contribution to reducing hazards of heart disease, it did not address the vital reason for supplementing with multiple vitamins.

Fundamentally, vitamins take up the slack resulting from nutritional deficiencies. Are you aware that a deficiency in one vitamin can endanger your total body?

It is possible you eat the "right" foods as an element of a well balanced diet. If that is so it's possible you get all of the vitamins you require. Possible but not probable, as most folks eat out frequently, eat manufactured foods and snack on convenience food. Only a few people have the time or incentive to watch every smidgen they eat!

What about Enriched Foods?

Do you know what enrichment of foods really means? It suggests nutrients are put into the processed food that were removed through processing! But , not really. Take white flour for example. Of 22 natural nutrients that were removed because of heat, storage, etc. "enrichment" replaces them with vitamin D, 3 of the B vitamins, calcium and iron salts. You do the maths!

Any Recommendations for the Best Multivitamins for Men?

To avoid vitamin toxicity, do not supplement with more than 100% of daily recommended requirements of any single vitamin. Your multi should not contain iron. Men only require about 8 mg iron and almost always get sufficient from eating red meat.

If you work in an office, you may not get enough sunlight; make certain you get 1,000 IU vitamin D each day. For a healthy heart, men need 400 mcg (micrograms) of folate daily. For brain health, the suggested quantity of B12 is 2.4 mcg. For vision and to support your immune system, 3,000 IU of Vitamin A is suggested. Men need 90 mg of the anti-oxidizing agent Vitamin C daily.

These are bare bones of contents in the best multivitamins for men. The final word is: regardless of studies, most males will get advantages from a men's multivitamin.




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