Popping multivitamins may not actually help people live longer, study finds [Video]

Daily multivitamin pill intake may not actually lower risk of death and help healthy adults live longer, a new study suggests.

Researchers from the US National Cancer Institute assessed data from nearly 400,000 healthy adults followed for more than 20 years.

The study found no association between a regular multivitamin use and lower risk of death.

Many adults regularly take multivitamins hoping the habit would improve their health, however, the exact benefits and harms of taking them daily remain unclear, the study, published on Wednesday in the journal Jama Network Open, said.

Some reports suggested a third of all US adults take multivitamins hoping it would prevent any potential diseasein the …