This is an extract from an article written by Jim Williams or latimes.com.
Will you live longer if you take vitamins? Good question. Nothing in life is certain, but vitamins can help maintain your health and supplement what you might be missing in your diet. Of course, if you’re a two-pack-a-day smoker, six-pack-a-day boozer, and a stressed-out air-traffic controller to boot all the vitamins in the world won’t help you. A healthy lifestyle can cure many things.
Vitamin 101
Generally speaking, daily vitamins for men should include a variety of B-complex vitamins, especially vitamins B6 and B12. They should also include vitamin H, which is known to help reduce hair loss, and folic acid to help regenerate new cells throughout the body. They should also contain beta-carotene, vitamins C and E, and lycopene, which helps maintain prostate health.
Daily vitamins for men are essential for all ages, because at every stage of life, a man’s health differs. For optimum health, the right balance of vitamins and minerals is a necessity. It is difficult to eat between 5 and 9 servings of fruit and vegetables every day, which is what a man needs for best health. But by supplementing your diet with daily vitamins, you’re putting your best foot forward to maintaining a healthy lifestyle.