{"id":329,"date":"2025-06-20T22:01:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T22:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/329\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T22:01:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T22:01:12","slug":"top-gp-reveals-the-massively-popular-supplement-he-would-never-take-because-increases-risk-of-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/329\/","title":{"rendered":"Top GP reveals the massively popular supplement he would never take… because increases risk of death"},"content":{"rendered":"

Almost half of Brits admit\u00a0to taking a supplement at least once a month in the pursuit of achieving optimum health.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But one of the UK’s most popular pills could be putting users at an increased risk of deadly liver failure, bone problems and bleeding disorders, an expert has warned.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Taking an ‘all in one’ multivitamin every day may even raise mortality risk, UK-based GP\u00a0Dr Asif Ahmed said.<\/p>\n

It comes as\u00a0a study by scientists from the National Cancer<\/a> Institute in Maryland<\/a> last summer, found that taking a daily multivitamin was associated with a four per cent increased risk of death over the course of the 20-year study.<\/p>\n

The researchers found no evidence that the vitamin pills served any benefit for prolonging life.<\/p>\n

In an Instagram video seen over 300,000 times, Dr Ahmed\u00a0said: ‘There is only one supplement that I would never take as a doctor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Lots of people still take it, despite studies showing it can increase your mortality rate\u2014this is any multivitamin supplement.<\/p>\n

‘The vast majority of people do not need an all-in-one multivitamin.<\/p>\n

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In an Instagram video seen over 300,000 times, Dr Ahmed said: ‘There is only one supplement that I would never take as a doctor. Lots of people still take it, despite studies showing it can increase your mortality rate\u2014this is any multivitamin supplement’<\/p>\n

‘They [multivitamins] often have more than 100 per cent of the recommended daily allowances for all your vitamins and minerals which can be dangerous.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

The NHS says most people should get all the nutrients they need by having a varied and balanced diet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The average male adult needs around\u00a0700 micrograms (\u00b5g) of vitamin A a day, and women 600\u00b5g, according to the health service.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But some multivitamins sold on the high street can\u00a0contain a much higher dose at 800\u00b5g per tablet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Unlike other supplements that are difficult to overdose on, as excess comes out in your urine, multivitamins containing higher levels of vitamin A and vitamin K could also remain in the body as they’re fat soluble.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dr Ahmed said: ‘For things like vitamin A and vitamin K which are fat soluble it can be quite dangerous and potentially in the long term can lead to liver failure, bone problems, and even bleeding and blood clot disorders.’<\/p>\n

Fat soluble vitamins can accumulate in the body over time in the liver and fatty tissue.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If consumed in excess, however, this can\u00a0weaken the bones, and damage the kidney and the heart.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The NHS says most people should get all the nutrients they need by having a varied and balanced diet\u00a0<\/p>\n

Taking vitamin D at high doses for an extended period of time can also cause complications like hypercalcemia.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This is where excess calcium is deposited into the bloodstream, increasing the risk of heart and kidney disease.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dr Ahmed advised people who are worried they are not getting enough essential vitamins and minerals to take one specific supplement for their needs\u2014for example, vitamin D supplements too boost bone health.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dr Ahmed also said a healthy balanced diet that includes lots of oily fish, fortified foods and fibre is the best way to get all the essential vitamins the body needs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘One thing that is fantastic that I take every day is a seed mixture,’ he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I get the milled version, where they take out the hard shell, to help with digestion and some say it can also increase the nutrient absorption.<\/p>\n

‘This is super high in fibre and protein and its got so many minerals and vitamins in it as well.\u00a0It’s a food not a supplement so this is probably the best way to make sure you get all the trace elements you need in your diet,’ he added.<\/p>\n

It comes as the latest official figures show the number of Brits being hospitalised for malnutrition and nutritional deficiencies has almost tripled in a decade.<\/p>\n

In 2022, there were more than 800,000 admissions in England and Wales with conditions linked to poor nutrition, including ‘Victorian’ illnesses scurvy and rickets.<\/p>\n

Iron deficiency was the biggest problem, NHS data revealed, with admissions for the bone-weakening condition shooting up by 149 per cent since 2013.<\/p>\n

Other research has, however, shown that multivitamins may serve no real health benefits.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 2018, a major study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology found that the most popular supplements \u2014 multivitamins, vitamin D, calcium, and vitamin C \u2014 made no difference to the risk of heart disease, stroke or early death.<\/p>\n

Folate \u2014 found in leafy greens and eggs \u2014 and other B-vitamins were seen to offer some reduced risk of heart disease, although the authors noted that the evidence for this was ‘low to moderate quality’.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Almost half of Brits admit\u00a0to taking a supplement at least once a month in the pursuit of achieving…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[211,210,563,564,565,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-329","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-dailymail","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-instagram","11":"tag-maryland","12":"tag-nhs","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114717949054476440","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}