Long-term study finds multivitamins prevent cancer in men

Steve and Bonnie: We are shocked that JAMA actually published a study looking at long-term cancer prevention (11 years) in men taking daily multivitamins.

Published today in Journal of the American Medical Association, the authors concluded, "In this large-scale randomized trial of 14,641 middle-aged and older men, a daily multivitamin supplement significantly but modestly reduced the risk of total cancer during a mean of 11 years of treatment and follow-up. Although the main reason to take multivitamins is to prevent nutritional deficiency, these data provide support for the potential use of multivitamin supplements in the prevention of cancer in middle-aged and older men."

However, we must look at the results of this study with caution because it was sponsored by Pfizer, the makers of Centrum Silver, and BASF, who provides many of the raw materials to make Centrum Silver.