Multivitamin Supplementation Slows Biological Aging

A study published in Nature Medicine, led by Howard Sesso of Mass General Brigham, suggests that daily multivitamin-multimineral supplementation may slow biological aging. The research, which involved 958 older adults over two years, found that participants taking multivitamins showed a reduction in the yearly rate of increase for two out of five epigenetic clocks, markers used to estimate biological aging. The changes equated to about four months less biological aging over two years. Mars, Incorporated===Mars Edge, a segment of Mars, provided funding and multivitamins for the study. While the findings are considered scientifically interesting, experts like Luigi Fontana from the University of Sydney and Pacific Palisades (TV series) from the University of Exeter caution that the effects are small, not consistent across all measures, and that multivitamins should be seen as complementary to a balanced diet and lifestyle rather than a standalone intervention.