Supplements Do Nothing for Cardiovascular Risk

Women who take folic acid and vitamin D supplements to lower the risk of cardiovascular disease are doing something for nothing, according to a new study by Harvard Medical School doctors working at Brigham and Womens Hospital. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association looked at more thatn 2700 women for more than seven years. Some of the women took folic acid and vitamin D; some didn’t. When the smoke cleared, the researchers came to this
Conclusion After 7.3 years of treatment and follow-up, a combination pill of folic acid, vitamin B₆, and vitamin B₁₂ did not reduce acombined end point of total cardiovascular events among high-risk women, despite significant homocysteine lowering.

Read more in JAMA.