An important medical report form London was published on the back page of a local English-language daily on December 28. It quoted the finding of a detailed French study, spread over some years, on the benefit or otherwise of daily intake of multivitamins, practised by many in Bangladesh. The study has found that, for healthy adults, popping multivitamins daily may actually increase the risk of getting melanoma, a dangerous type of skin cancer. Can anvone then take multivitamins , once aware of the potential risk? It is in our interest that the matter is widely published in our print and audio-visual media, to create widespread awareness.Logically, it is, therefore, far safer to regularly eat fresh fruits and vegetables, rather than multivitamins. However, even this option too is now unsafe in Bangladesh, given the widespread practice of ripening and increasing shelf-life of raw fruits and vegetables by using dangerous drugs, during cultivation or prior to bulk sale. It is a classical case of opting for the lesser of the two evils, forced to choose between 'the devil and the deep sea.' Possibly the best option will be to plant your own fruit tree and have a place for vegetable garden, wherever it is possible. Otherwise the choice is for you to make between multivitamins or fresh fruits and vegetables.
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