Health effects of vitamin and mineral supplements

BMJ. 2020 Jun 29:369:m2511. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m2511.

Abstract

Growing numbers of healthy people are taking dietary supplements but there is little evidence that they protect against non-communicable diseases, say Fang Fang Zhang and colleagues

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Dietary Supplements*
  • Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
  • Humans
  • Minerals / therapeutic use*
  • Noncommunicable Diseases / prevention & control*
  • Nutrition Therapy
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Vitamins / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Minerals
  • Vitamins