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Last year， researchers published new findings from the Women"s Health Initiative， a long-term study of more than 160000midlife women. The data showed that multivitamin-takers are no（26）than those who don"t take the pills， at least when it comes to the big diseases——cancer， heart disease， and（27） "Even women with poor diets weren"t helped by taking amultivitamin，" says the study author Marian Neuhouser， PhD， in the cancer（28）program at the Fred Hutchinson CancerResearch Center， in Seattle. Vitamin（29）came into fashion in the early 1900s， when it was difficult or impossible for most people to get a wide variety of fresh fruits and vegetables. Back then， vitamin-deficiency diseases weren"t unheard-of: the bowed legs and（30）ribs caused by a severe shortage of vitamin D， or the skin problems and mental confusion caused by a lack of vitamin B， But these days， you"re（31）unlikely to be seriously deficient if you eat an average diet， if only because many packaged foods are vitamin-enriched. Sure， most of us could do with a couple more daily（32）of produce， but a multivitamin doesn"t do a good job at（33）those. "Multivitamins have maybe two dozen（34）but plans，s have hundreds of other useful compounds，"Neuhouser says. "If you just take a multivitamin， you"re missing lots of compounds that may be providing benefits. " There is onegroup that probably ought to keep taking a multivitamin: women of reproductive age. The supplement is insurance（35）pregnancy.
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