Recently some encouraging news surfaced in regard to long-term use of multiple dietary supplements. In a journal that specializes in nutrition it was reported that folks who had used long-term multiple dietary supplements were less likely to have diabetes or elevated blood pressure. The researchers gathered their information from over 270 folks in regard to multiple dietary supplement use patterns, nutrition and health. The participants filled out questionnaires and took physical examinations as part of the study, in order to give the researchers a baseline for comparison with non supplement users and those who took a single multivitamin/mineral supplement.
The researchers used all the information gathered from the 270 folks and compared their data with that gathered from over 759 folks who did not use dietary supplements or who only used a single multivitamin/mineral supplement. What they found was the 270 users of multiple dietary supplements were less likely to suffer from diabetes and hypertension. They were more likely to have low levels of the typical disease related biomarkers such as C-reactive protein that is associated with chronic inflammation. Their homocysteine levels which are linked to a higher risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke were also lower. In addition the multiple supplement users were more likely to register optimum levels of the beneficail high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and triglycerides.