Multivitamins are not food

Results from a well conducted study of 161,808 women:

"While research shows that people who eat nutrient-rich diets filled with fruits and vegetables have lower rates of heart disease and cancer, it hasn’t been clear whether taking a daily supplement results in a similar benefit. After following the women for about eight years, they looked at rates of various cancers and heart problems among the 42 percent of women who were regular multivitamin users, and compared them to those who didn’t take vitamins. The researchers found no evidence of any benefit from multivitamin use in any of 10 categories studied, including no differences in the rate of breast or colon cancer, heart attack, stroke, blood clots or mortality."

This sounds just like the tests where they found that beta carotene in carrot form provides benefits, but beta carotene added to food or taken as a supplement does zilch.

Surpriiiize surpriiiize.