Health • Supplements • Effectiveness

Do multivitamins actually work?

Multivitamins help mainly when nutrient deficiencies exist. For people with balanced diets, they often provide little additional benefit according to most large-scale scientific studies. Multivitamins do not replace healthy eating but can support nutrition in cases of limited diets, absorption issues, or increased needs. Their effectiveness depends on individual nutritional status.

• Most benefits come from diet.
• Helpful when deficiencies exist.
• Not a substitute for food.