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Your Daily Multivitamin Is Pointless, at Best
Posted on 9/11/14 at 9:43 am
Posted on 9/11/14 at 9:43 am
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When the results of these studies came out, they largely refuted the idea that these supplements offered benefits. Vitamin E appears to have no impact on cancer or heart disease. Results from the Women’s Health Study, released in 2005, showed no relationship between vitamin E supplementation and overall mortality. Later results from the men in the Physicians’ Health Study showed the same: no relationship.
For vitamin D, the randomized trials (nicely summarized here) refuted virtually all of the purported benefits to diabetes, weight loss and cancer. For elderly women, there is some evidence of a small reduction in mortality with supplementation, but well below what was seen in observational data and only marginally statistically significant. … And it’s not just vitamins D and E. The Physicians’ Health Study also looked into vitamin C and a one-a-day multivitamin and found the same results: no impacts on cancer or cardiovascular disease.
When the results of these studies came out, they largely refuted the idea that these supplements offered benefits. Vitamin E appears to have no impact on cancer or heart disease. Results from the Women’s Health Study, released in 2005, showed no relationship between vitamin E supplementation and overall mortality. Later results from the men in the Physicians’ Health Study showed the same: no relationship.
For vitamin D, the randomized trials (nicely summarized here) refuted virtually all of the purported benefits to diabetes, weight loss and cancer. For elderly women, there is some evidence of a small reduction in mortality with supplementation, but well below what was seen in observational data and only marginally statistically significant. … And it’s not just vitamins D and E. The Physicians’ Health Study also looked into vitamin C and a one-a-day multivitamin and found the same results: no impacts on cancer or cardiovascular disease.
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Posted on 9/11/14 at 9:44 am to RedRifle
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no impacts on cancer or cardiovascular disease.
doesn't mean its not making you a bit healthier...
Posted on 9/11/14 at 9:46 am to RedRifle
Did the ppl who take vitamins look healthier though?
Posted on 9/11/14 at 9:47 am to RedRifle
dat placebo
Posted on 9/11/14 at 9:47 am to RedRifle
I feel like I can recover from a sickness much quicker by taking vitamin C tablets. It may not cure cancer, but I'm sure these vitamins do have some sort of positive health effect.
Posted on 9/11/14 at 9:48 am to RedRifle
Redrifle/;dr
Posted on 9/11/14 at 9:48 am to RedRifle
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Your Daily Multivitamin Is Pointless, at Best
Also, wearing pink doesn't do shite to help people with cancer. And people rarely stop raping because of a whistle.
It makes people feel better, who gives a shite?
Posted on 9/11/14 at 9:48 am to RedRifle
I have said this for a few years. Unless you are diagnosed with a vitamin deficiency or have some sort of restriction on food which affects a specific vitamin, they are just piss highlighters
Posted on 9/11/14 at 9:50 am to RedRifle
If a person has a shitty diet then how could taking vitamins not be a benefit? Unless the body doesn't need these vitamins after all
Posted on 9/11/14 at 9:50 am to RedRifle
I think vitamins are only beneficial if a person is on a specialized diet which causes them to have deficiencies of certain vitamins due to not being able to eat certain foods. Otherwise they are a total waste and the science has been there to prove it for a few years now. Its just another big money business trying to make everyone believe they need it.
Posted on 9/11/14 at 9:54 am to RedRifle
this isn't facebook
stop posting this dumb shite
stop posting this dumb shite
Posted on 9/11/14 at 9:58 am to RedRifle
I take a multivitamin as well as 500mcg of Vitamin C daily for the last several years. I exercise a lot and eat fairly healthy, however don't really eat much fruit or veggies on a daily basis so feel like it's a good supplement. I haven't even hardly gotten a cold much less been sick since I can remember doing this.
It may not be a life changer and prob won't make you healthy if you're a fatty eating fried meals and fast food all the time, but it can't hurt and is very inexpensive.
It may not be a life changer and prob won't make you healthy if you're a fatty eating fried meals and fast food all the time, but it can't hurt and is very inexpensive.
Posted on 9/11/14 at 9:59 am to RedRifle
This isn't true because micronutrients can act as rate limiting factors to muscle growth
no vitamins = no gains
no vitamins = no gains
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:00 am to RedRifle
In modern America there's basically zero reason to take a multivitamin. You're more likely to do damage than good. Certain rare conditions are the exception, but any doctor can tell you that.
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:10 am to RedRifle
That study has holes in it. As with every study, take it with a grain of salt. If you're eating right, most people can get by. but the issue is that most americans are eating wrong (processed) and not getting hardly any nutrients in their diet.
The thing with vitamin deficiencies is that you'll be riddled with cancer or some other disease, 20-30 years from now, which could've been prevented or at least slowed by supplementing your diet with multivitamins.
Basically, it's insurance for your body. You can choose to not take them and be fine for the rest of your life...or not.
I spend $144/year on a high potency multi..fwiw.
The thing with vitamin deficiencies is that you'll be riddled with cancer or some other disease, 20-30 years from now, which could've been prevented or at least slowed by supplementing your diet with multivitamins.
Basically, it's insurance for your body. You can choose to not take them and be fine for the rest of your life...or not.
I spend $144/year on a high potency multi..fwiw.
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:13 am to RedRifle
Also some vitamins and minerals can't be absorbed by the body at the same time but some multivitamins will have both of them just to claim them on the label.
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:24 am to RedRifle
Vitamins don't cure cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular or lead to weight loss?
Who knew?
Who knew?
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:31 am to RedRifle
So if doesn't prevent cancer or cardiovascular disease then it's worthless?
Seems legit.
Seems legit.
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:32 am to RedRifle
Emily Oster is a known nut, who does total bullshite studies like this to get grant money from other nuts
it's a trend you see..
it's a trend you see..
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:40 am to RedRifle
I told my wife taking Prenatal Vitamins were a waste!
ETA: That's why i switched them with sugar pills!
ETA: That's why i switched them with sugar pills!
This post was edited on 9/11/14 at 10:41 am
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