US EditionStudy in Nature Medicine Finds Taking Centrum Silver Daily May Slow Biological Aging
A two-year trial found daily multivitamins slowed biological aging by about four months, with greater effects in older adults showing accelerated aging at baseline.
- A randomized COSMOS analysis published Monday showed daily multivitamins were associated with about four months' less biological aging over two years, based on 958 participants with an average age around 70.
- Researchers used five epigenetic clocks including second-generation models to analyse DNA methylation biomarkers in blood samples from the COSMOS trial randomization into four pill groups.
- Measured by specific clocks, PCPhenoAge slowed aging by about 2.6 months and PCGrimAge by about 1.4 months, while participants with accelerated biological age at baseline saw PCGrimAge slow by about 2.8 months.
- Experts caution that effect sizes are modest, and Sesso said, 'Rather, this is starting to provide the connecting dots', advising decisions be made with healthcare providers.
- Researchers plan follow-up analyses to see whether clock changes persist and link to clinical outcomes such as cognition, cancer or cataracts, Yanbin Dong, MD, Ph.D., said; if validated, daily multivitamins could be a cost-efficient intervention with small cancer-risk reductions over 10 years.
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Daily multivitamin intake linked to slower biological aging in older adults
An analysis led by Mass General Brigham investigators found slower aging in older adults after two years of a daily multivitamin, with greater benefits for those who began the trial with accelerated biological age.
A study conducted by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital, within the Mass General Brigham system in the United States, has found that taking a multivitamin daily for two years can slow biological aging in older adults. The analysis, published in Nature Medicine magazine, evaluated five cell markers of aging and found a slowdown equivalent to about four months from normal rhythm, with particularly noticeable effects on people who at the…
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