Effects of vitamin supplements on clinical cardiovascular outcomes: Time to move on!-A comprehensive review

Simsek B., Selte A., Egeli B. H., ÇAKATAY U.

CLINICAL NUTRITION ESPEN, vol.42, pp.1-14, 2021 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Review
  • Volume: 42
  • Publication Date: 2021
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2021.02.014
  • Journal Name: CLINICAL NUTRITION ESPEN
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database
  • Page Numbers: pp.1-14
  • Istanbul University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Background & aims: Vitamin supplementations have increasingly been advertised on media and reported to be widely used by the general public to improve cardiovascular health. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, people have become more interested in ways to improve and maintain their health. Increased awareness of people on healthy lifestyle is translating into inquisition regarding dietary supplements. Aim: First, focus on the most commonly used vitamin supplements and comprehensively review the evidence for and against recommending them to patients to improve and/or maintain cardiovascular health. Second, illustrate how the interest in studies shifted over time from Vitamin A, E, C, and B to Vitamin D and observational studies led to randomized controlled trials.