Are vitamins a waste of money?
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Supplements can play an important role for some high-risk groups. For instance, adults diagnosed with osteoporosis may require extra vitamin D and calcium beyond what they get from their regular diet. Supplements also can help people with Crohn’s.Vitamin D: You need vitamin D to absorb and utilize calcium.
Most of your vitamin D intake comes from exposure to sunlight. Otherwise, an average adult needs about 400 International Units of vitamin D. Most calcium supplements include vitamin D.We need a variety of nutrients each day to stay healthy, including calcium and vitamin D to protect our bones, folic acid to produce and maintain new cells, and vitamin A to preserve a healthy immune system and vision.
Yet the source of these nutrients is important.The most popular nutrient supplements are multivitamins, calcium and vitamins B, C and D. Calcium supports bone health, and vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium, while vitamins C and E are antioxidants-molecules that prevent cell damage and help to maintain health.Supplements May Help While diet is the key to getting the best vitamins and minerals, supplements can help. For instance, if you’re doing your best to eat healthy foods but still are deficient in some areas, supplements can help.
The key is to ensure they’re taken in addition to healthy diet choices and nutrient-dense foods.• Vitamin D3. If you haven’t heard by now, sufficient levels of vitamin D are essential for maintaining good health. Low vitamin D has been linked to several types of cancer, weight gai.Vitamin D is important for strong bones, muscular and overall health. “Vitamin D is a fat soluble nutrient and is one of the 24 micronutrients essential for.
But when researchers examined existing data on four popular supplements — multivitamins, vitamin D, calcium and vitamin C — none showed “consistent benefit” for preventing cardiovascular diseas.It’s best to get your daily dose from your diet, but supplements are another option. There’s good evidence that blond psyllium husk common in fiber supplements can lower “bad” LDL.
Evidence does suggest that some supplements can enhance health in different ways. The most popular nutrient supplements are multivitamins, calcium and vitamins B, C and D. Calcium supports bone health, and vitamin D helps the body absorb calcium. Vitamins C and E are antioxidants—molecules that prevent cell damage and help to maintain health.
If fish oil is most important, than Vitamin D is arguably tied for the title of “most important supplement to take,” says Mohr. Data suggests a majority of Americans have less than optimal blood levels, primarily because it’s difficult to get from food.Some medical professionals and nutritionists argue that dietary supplements are necessary because: Most people don’t eat enough fruits and vegetables.
Most people eat processed foods, which lack.Are supplements really necessary for good health? Supplements were originally designed to fill the nutritional gaps in the average diet. For the average person that eats a healthy and well-rounded diet, there would not be a large nutritional gap big enough to justify excess of additional vitamins and minerals.
The studies, published in the Dec. 17 issue of the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, found that multivitamin and mineral supplements did not work any better than placebo pills.The Vitamin Verdict The researchers concluded that multivitamins don’t reduce the risk for heart disease, cancer, cognitive decline (such as memory loss and slowed-down thinking) or an early death.
They also noted that in prior studies, vitamin E and beta-carotene.
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28 comments
they don’t mention the 100000 deaths a year from properly prescribed pharmaceutical medicines. so which should scare you the most supplements or pharmaceutical drugs.
Typical doctor..they all need to be re-trained on nutrition and supplements..many times it’s an ego that won’t admit there’s something out there that has been proven in studies to help..but they sometimes refuse to listen.
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Medications have more side effects that supplements. That’s pure fact. But we won’t hear that from a doctors mouth.
always talk with your doctor before taking supplements, LOL LOL LOL. Physicians are morons when it comes to people’s health, they are the fourth leading cause of death with their pills and potions and they got the gall to talk about supplements. this guy’s a shill for the pharmaceutical industry
What a useless, dumb video with zero sources and credibility. You guys are the quaks here, because you completely disregard other evidence. Here’s a good comment from a reddit thread regarding this vid, quote below:
What a bullshit video! They literally skip all the stuff that has been proven with studies where supplements do work.
“Fish oil short on evidence that it helps with heart.” Yeah, that’s true. Why did you skip the fact that it’s been proven that fish oil helps with inflammation?
Are most of the vitamin supplements useless? Yes, definitely. Should you take supplements out of boredom? No, of course not. But by avoiding to point out supplements that have been proven to work, this video completely lost credibility. Use ALL the data; don’t cherry pick; be fair to the evidence! This is just a different type of quakery.
Zinc http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/enhanced/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD001364.pub4
Fish oil http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16531187
Niacin http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20208032
Iron http://jn.nutrition.org/content/132/4/813S.full
Vitamin D:
http://ebm.bmj.com/content/13/2/47.long
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20219962
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0082109
http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/88/2/513S.long
Probiotics http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1151505
It’s not as black and white, and you shouldn’t eat them like candy, but just don’t go and tell me that no supplements work, and that they have no effect at all, because that’s just a plain lie.
Also, it’s not “better” or “easier” to spend money on food, because you have to eat a ton of food to equal the amount of nutrients you receive from a supplement. It’s expensive, and it’s not always healthy either.
Not a fan of the “Studies show they don’t help you, because they didn’t reduce early death and cancer”. I’m pretty sure people aren’t taking multi vitamins to stave off cancer and random early death. They take them to be the best they can be, nutritionally, easily.
To really say if they’re worth it or not, early death should be a very minor point unless they resulted in an increase, same with cancer.
The facts people will be most interested in are things like, alertness, sleep, concentration, joint health, etc
But hey they don’t reduce early death and cancer, mustn’t be worth it.
Really does sound like a massive cop-out because someone just doesn’t like them.
Statistically less people crash at over 160mph than at under the speed limit, so, it must be safer right?
Proving a point, with an irrelevant but true statement really doesn’t do anyone any favours.
i don’t get your beef with pizza… You can put whatever you want on it! including those veggies that where fried in the video! PLEASE KEEP PIZZA OUT OF IT!
Lmao ����… this is funny!!! Research how flawed the studies are on supplements!!! Smh… then ask yourself are these pharmaceutical drugs doing any better??!
add a little more popularity to this video, and cvs and Walgreens and all other other big pharmacies’ business is going to crush big time. haha cant wait to see what’s gonna replace them in the near future.
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Ehh I will continue to spend my average of 15$ a month on vitamins just to make sure because this video leaves A WHOLE LOT OF PROVEN SUPPLEMENTS OUT so yeah I’m good.. Because when it comes down to it IT’S NOT VERY MUCH MONEY PER INDIVIDUAL AND I PROMISE YOU THIS IS JUST A GENERAL TOPIC THEY DO NOT GET INTO PROVEN SUPPLEMENTS THAT WORK VITAMIN K2 FOR ONE AND CO Q 10 AND SO ON SO TAKE WHAT THE MEDIA SAYS AND TAKE A SHIT ON IT FOR THE MOST PART..EDUCATE YOURSELF!!!! supplements don’t work but take all the pharmaceuticals you want.. FUCK THAT HORSE SHIT!!!!
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Well, I know that vitamin D supplements saved my life and took me out of a depression. So, food wasn’t enough there.
I think that getting all you need from food is a romantic illusion. Or have we forgotten how milk, orange juice, cereal, etc are often fortified with many vitamins?
Considering some people live for years with ridiculously unhealthy diets, woudn’t it be simpler (and more correct) to only take supplements in case of deficiency? The concept of “nutricional insurance” sounds really stupid. I guess if you have money to waste, why not. right? Whatever makes you feel better, even if it is a waste of time, money and mental energy. The idea of “balanced diet” seems to be kind of limited too, since to my understanding, people have different biological needs and I don’t know if everyone realizes this when they hear this words.
I don’t think a body can adapt to everything, but doesn’t the organism adapt to support reasonably different diets? By the way, this is just an assumption, I hope no one takes it as truth not a scholar.
I’ve tracked vitamins and minerals on a “good diet” and often it doesn’t result in the recommended daily values of certain vitamins (and the daily values are usually a bare minimum)
If you’re not eating 5 servings of fruits and vegetables per day, drinking a quart of milk, where are you going to get these minerals & vitamins from THE AIR? fucking moron
Also I can put anything into a pill and call it a proprietary blend
I take fish oil soft gel and C and A for face acne and it’s cleared me up other then that I don’t use any other supplement.
I suspect that the emphasis on eating a “balanced” diet is somewhat misplaced. We would probably all be better served by eating LESS of whatever we do eat. In fact, a period of absolute caloric deprivation…even malnutrition…may be beneficial in terms of longevity and disease risk reduction. Of course, one would not want such a period to be excessively long or badly timed, such as during the body’s growth and development.
Vitamins do work. I tried it and got blood tests. There’s a reason the FDA doesn’t promote or support vitamins it’s because they need people to get sick to make profit, such as cancer and other diseases. If everyone knew that vitamins could prevent or lessen these diseases, they lose their profits or big bucks. Think about it. Is it their best interest to get you healthy?
I just spent like 20 dollars on vitamins. I wish I had seen this sooner.
Can anyone say one sided abysmal research? How much did the insurance and medical nazis pay you to lie for them?
I only take vitamin D, but I also live in Sweden where we get no sunshine for 6 months
I take 5 kinds of vitamins and it definitely helped. I had chelosis from my poor diet but i really cant change how i eat so my doctor recommended supplements and luckily it helped.
we are having to feat GMO’S…….POISON…. ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ORGANIC “REAL” FOODS…MEATS THAT ARE HORMONE FREE ETC ETC… EVEN OUR HEALTH FOOD STORE /WHAT IS LEFT OF IT NO LONGER SELLS FRESH ORGANIC “TRULY” VEGIES /PEANUT BUTTER THAT YOU HAVE TO STIR AT EACH USE ETC..IT IS ALL MOST GONE
hallo lieve mensen van het internet ik David Kappele ben 10 jaar oud en jullie like alvast de video en abonneer danku meneer of mevrouw trouwen ik ben er niet mee eens dat eu….. je internet met een T aan het einde schrijft
One thing is for sure. There are a lot of opinions and conflicting facts on this topic!