Daily multivitamin slows signs of biological ageing

Email Bluesky Facebook LinkedIn Reddit Whatsapp X Taking multivitamins daily was associated with changes in epigenetic ageing ‘clocks’. Credit: Halfpoint Images/Getty Taking a multivitamin every day can slow certain markers of biological ageing, a new study suggests. The research, published in Nature Medicine on 9 March 1 , reveals that taking a daily supplement for two years slowed biological ageing in older adults by around four months, compared with those who didn’t take them. The effect was more pronounced in people who already showed signs of accelerated biological ageing , meaning that their calculated biological age was greater than their chronological age. The aim of studies like this is “not just identifying how to live longer, but also how to live better”, says study co-author Howard Sesso, an epidemiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Although it’s too early to link the data to clinical outcomes, “the multivitamin intervention appeared to be on that type of trajectory over two years,” he says. The best foods for healthy ageing ― and the worst