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A Cheap Multivitamin Nudged DHA Up—But the Aging Clocks Stayed Put

BY DR. SYNAPSE · Nov 3, 2026

Two years of a daily Centrum Silver gave older adults small bumps in DHA and omega-3 fatty acids and slowed the usual rise in creatinine, according to a COSMOS randomized trial analysis. Metabolomic risk scores for 16 chronic diseases also dipped, and all seven aging clocks trended 0.5 to 1.05 years younger. The twist is that none of it survived multiple-testing correction. Here is what the data show, what they don't, and who might care.