In 2018, Cochrane, a hugelyrespectedorganizationthatreviewsmedicalresearch, published a reviewofalltheavailableevidenceontheuseofOmega 3 supplementsduringpregnancy.
And a groupofresearchersinNewZealandshowedthatsupplementingpeoplewithvitaminsandmineralsfollowingtheacutestressofanearthquakereducedtheirriskoflaterdevelopmentofpost-traumaticstressdisorder, orPTSD, comparedtothosewhodidn't takethenutrients.
Testingthetheorythatantioxidantscouldprotectagainstcancer, individualswith a highriskoflungcancerweregivenhighdosesofbeta-caroteneandretinol, twoformsofvitamin A.
However, thestudyhadtobehaltedearlybecausethesupplementgroupdevelopedmoreaggressivecancersthantheplacebogroup, andtheyhad a higherdeathrateevenyearsaftertheendofthetrial.