Key Nutritional Insights on Slowing Aging: Multivitamins, Metabolism and Anti-Aging Research Explained
- Recent research indicates that daily multivitamin use may slow biological aging, with effects equivalent to reversing about four months of age-related decline over a two-year period.
- Researchers from Harvard and Mass General Brigham evaluated data from 958 healthy participants with an average chronological age of 70.
- The study, published in Nature Medicine, found that those taking a daily multivitamin showed a slowing of biological aging equivalent to approximately four months.
Recent research indicates that daily multivitamin use may slow biological aging, with effects equivalent to reversing about four months of age-related decline over a two-year period. This finding comes from an analysis of the COcoa Supplement and Multivitamins Outcomes Study (COSMOS), a large randomized clinical trial involving older adults.
Researchers from Harvard and Mass General Brigham evaluated data from 958 healthy participants with an average chronological age of 70. Participants were assigned to take either a daily multivitamin, cocoa extract, both, or placebos over two years. Blood samples were analyzed for changes in five epigenetic clocks, which measure biological age through DNA methylation patterns.
The study, published in Nature Medicine, found that those taking a daily multivitamin showed a slowing of biological aging equivalent to approximately four months. The benefits were more pronounced in individuals who began the trial with a biological age older than their chronological age.