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Recent studies are piling up that conclude supplements and multivitamins have no measurable impact on health.

Findings state popping capsules won’t fight memory less, cognitive decline, heart problems or extend your life. People that took supplements fared no better than those who swallowed a placebo.

Yet nutritional supplement continue to be multibillion-dollar industry with this evidence having seemingly little impact on sales. Beginning in 1994 consumer interest in supplements skyrocketed and it’s been stable ever since.

There’s something in our nature as humans that wants to believe we are in full control of our destiny, and a big part of that is our health. In truth outside of basic nutrition, exercise, and living a healthy lifestyle (sans drugs and heavy drinking), our ability to overcome genetics and universal laws of aging are modest or perhaps non-existent at present.

So are all supplements really a waste of time and money?