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re: Your Daily Multivitamin Is Pointless, at Best
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:10 am to RedRifle
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 10:12 am to CreoleGumbo
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As with every study, take it with a grain of salt.
I read a study that said that high sodium diets were linked to heart disease and high blood pressure. Should I take it with a grain of salt as well?
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:13 am to CreoleGumbo
quote:fortified with iodine
take it with a grain of salt
quote:You actually have this backwards. "Processed" foods - pre-sliced bread, pasteurized milk, genetically modified fruit, cereals, even junk food - are MORE fortified than their more "natural" alternatives.
but the issue is that most americans are eating wrong (processed) and not getting hardly any nutrients in their diet.
quote:If you eat any modern American diet, you don't have a vitamin deficiency. Unless you have a rare condition. That's the point.
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.
quote:Straight down the tubes.
I spend $144/year on a high potency multi.
This post was edited on 9/11/14 at 10:14 am
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:23 am to CreoleGumbo
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That study has holes in it.
seriously? these studies have come to light in many places in the last few months.
keep on living in denial.
NY Times VITAMINS ARE USELESS
NPR - The case against vitamins
CNN - Cites Medical Studies
quote:
Do you take your vitamins every day? For the majority of people, it might just be a waste of time and money, according to a new editorial published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.
The editorial, which is in response to three new studies also just published in the same journal, says that research does not show a health benefit to taking most vitamin supplements, and that they don't seem to prevent death or disease.
"The message is simple: Most supplements do not prevent chronic disease or death, their use is not justified, and they should be avoided," wrote the editorial's authors, who come from Johns Hopkins University, the University of Warwick and the American College of Physicians. "This message is especially true for the general population with no clear evidence of micronutrient deficiencies, who represent most supplement users in the United States and in other countries."
Specifically, supplements of antioxidants, folic acid and vitamin B seem to hold no benefits, and could potentially even be harmful, though more research is necessary, the editorial's authors said. And beta carotene, vitamin E and possibly high doses of vitamin A may be harmful.
Multivitamins also don't seem to hold any additional benefits, they said, writing, "this evidence, combined with biological considerations, suggests that any effect, either beneficial or harmful, is probably small."
"The (vitamin and supplement) industry is based on anecdote, people saying 'I take this, and it makes me feel better,'" Dr. Edgar Miller, one of the authors of the editorial and a professor of medicine and epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, told CNN. "It's perpetuated. But when you put it to the test, there's no evidence of benefit in the long term. It can't prevent mortality, stroke or heart attack."
This post was edited on 9/11/14 at 10:25 am
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