FOOD FOR THOUGHT...

[GOOD_GRIEF]

We're all so likely to think that vitamins and supplements are good for us...

Think again...

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Now this by no means should be interpreted as a reason not to take supplelments that are making up for a deficiency, but automatically swallow vitamins and supplements may actually be doing more harm than good where deficiencies do not exist.

[PMRpro Ambassador]

Not often you find a readable article about free radicals!! Good one!

[yogabonnie]

wow. I love it!!! I am stopping. I'll take the calcium and the K2 but that's about it. although I love to feast on those fruity sweet multivitamin GUMMIES!!

[Yellowbluebell in reply to yogabonnie]

I love those bassetts kids multi vit gummies!!

[GOOD_GRIEF in reply to yogabonnie]

D3 is probably a keeper for us, too.

[Hidden in reply to GOOD_GRIEF]

... and maybe a bit of magnesium too; I like my magnesium.

[fmkkm]

Interesting, thanks!

[piglette]

Last year in the US the supplement suppliers sold around 31 billion dollars in supplements. I read that around 96% were superfluous. Nice Christmas present if you produce supplements though.

[Blearyeyed]

Thanks for this GG , interesting read .

[HeronNS]

This is very interesting. I think in the case of health issues supplements can help, especially older people who may not be getting enough nutrition. But I agree the massive doses are a fad whose time is past. My father had lung cancer and did that multi-vitamin thing back in the late 70s. He died in 1982 just shy of his 65th birthday, but medical errors, not just the multivitamins, contributed to his very poor response to treatment. I wouldn't be surprised if the multivitamins didn't help. The cancer metastasized although in his job he was given a full medical every year so the lung cancer must have been caught relatively early.

[Pippah45]

Yes I agree Londinium - it smells of "vested interest" the cynic in me doesn't believe a word of it. I have proved to myself over and over that Vit C can send a cold into touch if I take enough.

[GOOD_GRIEF in reply to Pippah45]

Anything over the minimum daily requirement winds up in the toilet.

But it's your money.

[Brubeck]

Very interesting and I loved the photos!