Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Multivitamins And Measures Of Biological Aging

The Study

The research tends to go back and forth on the necessity of taking a multivitamin. In this interesting study, over 900 participants from Harvard’s COSMOS randomized trial took a multivitamin (Centrum Silver) for 2 years and had measures of biological aging (DNA methylation) taken at the start and end of follow-up.

By the end of the study, there was a small but significant difference in biological aging for subjects taking the multivitamin.

Nature Medicine 2026;32:1012-1022

Take Home Message

While this is preliminary research, it is pretty exciting to see evidence that taking a multivitamin every day can slow down the effects of aging on our bodies. Stay tuned for more definitive research on this subject. 

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