re: Your Daily Multivitamin Is Pointless, at Best

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But what’s more, taking a daily multivitamin can actually backfire on those concerned with health. According to a 2011 paper in Psychological Science, people who believed they’d taken a vitamin were apparently so pleased with themselves for their efforts at health that they reported a greater desire to engage in more potentially harmful activities — like tanning, heavy drinking, or gorging themselves at a buffet — than those who hadn’t taken a vitamin. (In reality, both groups were given placebo pills.)

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