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Vitamin B.S.: How people came to believe the myth of nutritional supplements
Posted on 2/26/15 at 3:51 pm
Posted on 2/26/15 at 3:51 pm
Good read on the origins and staying power of the vitamin myth: LINK /. Vitamin supplements are basically worthless. This is not a conspiracy theory - it's the general consensus of the scientific community. Not to mention, "supplements" have essentially no oversight, regulation, or quality control measures.
Second biggest scam in America IMO. Diamonds are, by far, #1 - but that's a topic for a different thread.
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In recent years, researchers have debunked, over and over, the idea that vitamin supplements confer any measureable benefit at all—but still, around half of Americans take them regularly. Together with other dietary supplements, they enjoy a reputation for nutritional power that stretches far beyond their true capabilities.
Second biggest scam in America IMO. Diamonds are, by far, #1 - but that's a topic for a different thread.
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Posted on 2/26/15 at 3:55 pm to Patrick_Bateman
Ever take zinc, ephedra, aspirin, caffeine, and calcium?
It may or may not make you an animal.
It may or may not make you an animal.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 3:55 pm to Patrick_Bateman
I take a vitamin C and a multivitamin for men, I figure what can it hurt?
Posted on 2/26/15 at 3:56 pm to Patrick_Bateman
vitamins cost like 7 bucks for like 100 pills
how is that a scam?
how is that a scam?
Posted on 2/26/15 at 3:56 pm to Patrick_Bateman
i used to doubt it, until it was discovered that I had a vit d deficiency. I am at extreme risk of skin cancer so I apply sunscreen liberally, and don't drink milk....
anyway i started taking D and a multi, and i feel better.
anyway i started taking D and a multi, and i feel better.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 4:00 pm to Hawkeye95
quote:Calcium and vitamin D (for those with osteopenia/osteoporosis or deficiency of either with an upcoming orthopaedic surgery) are a rare exception to the efficacy of vitamins - those have been shown to work.
i used to doubt it, until it was discovered that I had a vit d deficiency. I am at extreme risk of skin cancer so I apply sunscreen liberally, and don't drink milk....
anyway i started taking D and a multi, and i feel better.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 4:01 pm to Patrick_Bateman
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Second biggest scam in America IMO
Vitaman A and C are very very good for you... Plus a supplement only works IF you eat a balanced and healthy diet..... Most do not.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 4:04 pm to el Gaucho
quote:Multiply that by 150 million (the number of Americans estimated to take them), then multiply by the average number of vitamins/supplements taken by the average vitamin-taker (I don't know what this number is), and you'll start to get a better idea.
vitamins cost like 7 bucks for like 100 pills
how is that a scam?
Just the thought of 150 million people willingly and gullibly putting an unregulated, unidentified substance into their body on a daily basis is a little startling.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 4:06 pm to Patrick_Bateman
You know vitamins are essential nutrients meaning you will die if you don't have them for a period of time. There are still plenty of folks in the US who are vitamin deficient.....many diagnosed by medical doctors. This thread and you are both stupid.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 4:07 pm to Patrick_Bateman
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Not to mention, "supplements" have essentially no oversight, regulation, or quality control measures.
If they are basically worthless, why do they need oversight?
Posted on 2/26/15 at 4:08 pm to Patrick_Bateman
I think that people are misunderstanding what this study says. It says that if you have a healthy diet then vitamin supplements aren't going to help you beyond that.
What this study doesn't say is that if you don't have a healthy diet and are lacking something that taking vitamin supplements won't help you.
I fall into the latter category and believe that taking vitamin supplements can help give you the minimum essential materials that you need.
What this study doesn't say is that if you don't have a healthy diet and are lacking something that taking vitamin supplements won't help you.
I fall into the latter category and believe that taking vitamin supplements can help give you the minimum essential materials that you need.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 4:09 pm to dukke v
All the vitamins I need are in BEER and WHISKEY
Posted on 2/26/15 at 4:10 pm to Patrick_Bateman
They make my pee a different color so they are not worthless.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 4:10 pm to dukke v
quote:Saying a particular vitamin is good for you and saying a supplement or multivitamin is good for you are two different things. Unless you're grossly deficient of a particular vitamin (which is very rare in the US), you're going to be pissing it all away, literally.
Vitaman A and C are very very good for you.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 4:10 pm to Patrick_Bateman
Yea....those prenatals PRESCRIBED by MDs are worthless. Especially the folic acid...
Posted on 2/26/15 at 4:11 pm to Patrick_Bateman
GNC says it's good for me, and they wouldn't lie
Posted on 2/26/15 at 4:11 pm to theunknownknight
quote:Because unfortunately, worthless or not, millions of people continue to ingest them every day.
If they are basically worthless, why do they need oversight?
Posted on 2/26/15 at 4:12 pm to GingerMerkin
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They make my pee a different color so they are not worthless.
The is the Beta carotenes and lycopenes from the "A" vitamins.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 4:13 pm to Patrick_Bateman
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Because unfortunately, worthless or not, millions of people continue to ingest them every day.
Same can be said for powdered doughnuts. I still eat them.
Posted on 2/26/15 at 4:14 pm to Patrick_Bateman
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Second biggest scam in America IMO. Diamonds are, by far, #1 - but that's a topic for a different thread.
you sure you're not my alter?
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