Article: Vitamin supplements not necessary: experts

Vitamin supplements not necessary: experts

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- There was no enough evidence to show that Vitamin supplements benefit people's health, a report from the Los Angeles Times website said on Sunday.

There's little science to support America's love for vitamins despite an ever-proliferating array of supplements on store shelves, said the report.

Citing studies of multivitamins by experts with the National Institutes of Health, the report said that any evidence of the Vitamins' health benefit was thin, and clinical trials were too short to determine any long-term effects.

"For years, dietitians have been saying, take a vitamin pill for insurance," Chris Rosenbloom, ...

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