A daily Multi-Vitamin/Mineral combination (MVM) may reduce the risk of infectious illness in healthy individuals, according to researchers at the University of North Carolina, and Wake Forest University.
Healthy participants taking the daily MVM reported fewer infections and days absent from work than those the placebo. Infection rates were 42% for the MVM group versus 73% in the placebo group. Work- absence rates were 21% in the MVM group and 57% in the placebo group.
Diabetics taking the MVM reported more dramatic results, with only a 17% infection rate compared with 93% in the diabetic placebo group. Illnesses included influenza, gastrointestinal, respiratory, and urinary tract infections.
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