The simple habit of taking a multivitamin every day has the potential to help slow the biological aging process, according to the results of a recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine.
The Eating Well website the study was part of a large clinical trial, the Cocoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study , involving 21,442 participants. In a follow-up analysis, researchers focused on 958 people with an average age of 70.
At the beginning of the study, researchers took blood samples to measure biological aging markers known as “epigenetic clocks.” These markers are used to estimate a person's biological age and the rate at which their body is aging.
Participants were then randomly divided into four groups: those taking multivitamins and cocoa extract, multivitamins and a cocoa placebo, cocoa extract and a multivitamin placebo, and both placebos. The supplements were taken daily for two years.
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