Daily multivitamin may help seniors stay independent
A study involving 16,000 participants suggests that daily multivitamin use can help seniors maintain functional health and cognitive abilities. Researchers noted modest improvements in daily activities like walking and dressing compared to a placebo group.
Why it matters
These findings offer a low-risk, accessible intervention for improving the quality of life and independence for the aging global population.
A new study suggest a daily multivitamin can help older people maintain day-to-day functioning by helping to preserve cognitive abilities.
A daily multivitamin pill really does help pensioners maintain their physical well-being, reveals new research.
Popping a daily vitamin tablet provides "modest but meaningful" improvement in everyday activities - such as dressing, bathing, walking and climbing stairs - for people over the age of 60, according to the findings.
Previous research has shown that the ability to perform everyday activities free of debilitating symptoms profoundly affects quality of life as we age .
Older adults who took a daily multivitamin pill for the new study had "significantly better" measures of functional health after three years compared with those who took a placebo.
The findings suggest a daily multivitamin can help older people maintain day-to-day functioning by helping to preserve cognitive abilities.
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