Multivitamins help slow aging in adults
Mar 12, 2026, 4:28 PM
Aging is one of the hardest things for medicine to access. Everyone is different and everything is a contributing factor.
Are all multi vitamins created equal? No.
In a new study, researchers found older adults taking a daily multivitamin for two years slowed biological aging by about four months compared with those who didn’t take them.
Biological age is a term used to describe someone’s health and cellular function, which doesn’t always match their actual, or chronological, age.
The findings came from blood samples of 958 participants with an average chronological age of 70, who were taking the multivitamin–multimineral supplement Centrum Silver.
The study supplements and placebos were provided by Haleon, formerly Pfizer Consumer Healthcare, who partially funded the research, the study disclosed.
The researchers also found that the cocoa extract has no effect on any of the measures of biological aging.
The researchers note that this doesn’t mean that multivitamins can add to your life span. It does, however, mean that multivitamins may be beneficial for your future health trajectory. It also doesn’t mean you should definitely start taking multivitamins if you aren’t already.
Read more about the multivitamin research here
Doctors still recommend that the best way to get nutrients to age better is to be more mindful of what you are putting in your body with food and drinks.
