IS DAILY USE OF MULTIVITAMIN BENEFICIAL FOR HEALTHY PEOPLE?

As we all know that people are used to take multivitamin supplements to keep themselves healthy and for the protection against the risk of various diseases. Due to unavailability of sufficient evidences regarding the benefits and harm related with its use, it is generally supposed to be safe for use with the numerous health benefits. However, here we will find out in the light of latest research that the daily use of multivitamin in healthy individuals offer any significant health benefits or not and when it uses is beneficial for health? Let’s check out,

WHAT ARE MICRONUTRIENTS?
Micronutrients are those nutrients (minerals and vitamins) which require in small quantity to carry out different biological function. Deficiency of these nutrients may cause chronic, serious and life-threatening diseases.

WHAT IS MULTIVITAMIN?
Multi vitamin is considered as a low risk, cost effective dietary supplements to fill the nutritional gap which may be due to long term poor nutrition, chronic illness, age, and malabsorption or improper functioning of digestive system. Nutritional gap may result in many micronutrients deficiencies which not only affect health but also compromised the immunity which become the gateway of different types of infection. Chronic diseases like cardiovascular disorder, diabetes, cancer, distortion of central vision (macular degeneration) and neuro cognitive disorder (cognitive dysfunction) may also be the result of micronutrients deficiencies.

ILLNESSES DUE TO MICRONUTRIENTS DEFICIENCIES
The following are well known diseases due to micronutrients deficiencies,
SCURVY
Due to vitamin C deficiency
RICKETS
Due to vitamin D deficiency
PELLAGRA
Due to vitamin B3 ( niacin) deficiency
BERRIBERRI DISEASE
Due to B1 ( thiamine) deficiency
NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS IN NEW BORN
Due to folic acid deficiency
OSTEOPOROSIS
Due to calcium and vitamin D deficiency
COVID-19
It is supposed that magnesium deficiency has some link with Covid- 19
IMMUNE SYSTEM
Due to vitamin D, C and zinc
LOW ENERGY LEVEL
Due to B complex deficiency
SKIN,HAIR AND NAIL HEALTH
Due to vitamin C and D deficiency

IMPORTANCE OF MULTI VITAMIN FOR HEALTH
Micronutrients has a very important role in different biological function of body in which it acts as a cofactor in many enzymatic reactions. Multivitamin works as a nourishment insurance care or as nutrition insurance plan (NCP) in chronic diseases or in long term poor nutrition which results in inadequate level of micronutrients.

IS MULTIVITAMIN INTAKE IS THE GOOD
SUBSTITUTE OF HEALTH FUL DIET
Taking multivitamin daily to fill nutritional gap or to get all micronutrients in the cheapest way is not exactly the substitute of health full and balanced diet because diet not only contain the right proportion of micronutrients but also rich in fiber and phytochemicals which is required for prevention of constipation and in slow release of micronutrients into blood while multivitamin tablet lack it and the excess of these micronutrients may be harmful to the body.

LATEST STUDY RESULT FOR THE DAILY USE OF MULTIVITAMIN IN HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS
If a healthy individual takes a multivitamin tablet daily to protect himself against the risk of chronic diseases such as heart disease and cancer then this multivitamin will not be helpful against reducing the risk of these chronic diseases, a study results that was published in the JOURNAL JAMA NETWORK OPEN rather it Increases the 4% risk of death in such individuals.

CONCLUSION
We can say that in the light of aforementioned discussion that the use of multivitamin supplements offers no significant health benefits in healthy population against chronic diseases prevention rather it Increases risk of death. Multivitamin supplements are not the substitute of balanced diet and it should be taken whenever there are micronutrients deficiencies secondary to any illness and nutrition.