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wtf. multivitamins are largely a marketing scam, most of that shit will just go out of your body anyway, you are paying for enhanced urine. and skittles? food source? really?
Source on multivitamins being a scam? I'm aware that it is preferrable to get nutrients from whole foods - but also, my bias of "the human body isn't dumb" says that if you are significantly deficient in iron, and take a multivitamin with iron, your body will try its best to absorb the iron and you'll be better off than you would be otherwise. Plus, multivitamins are cheap, which is one of the main reasons I've heard people advocate for them - a days worth of multivitamin costs pennies, so why the hell not? It's a good hedge.
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/is-there-really-any-benefit-to-multivitamins
if you are significantly deficient in anything, then take whatever your doctor recommends. but this idea people have "oh pop a pill a to get some vitamin c and others, you will be healthy" is just marketing.
I mean, the context I hear the advice in is "yeah, eat a healthy diet. Take a generic multivitamin if you want - you provably aren't lacking anything, but it'll make sure you aren't." For context, I hear this advice given to people who already care a lot about their diet for the sake of athletic performance.
Also, your link didn't convince me of the above claim that you just piss out everything in a multivitamin. It didn't mention that. It just said multivitamins don't prevent heart attacks, which.... I never thought they did.
check the other article i have strategically hidden as reply to myself.
Are people really expecting vitamins to heal disease? No wonder why you called it a scam. I just thought that vitamins would do their nutritional job instead of performing miracles.
there is one that is slightly more in favor. so take your pick i guess
https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/should-i-take-a-daily-multivitamin
Most studies have not shown a definitive health benefit of a daily MVM supplement for men like you. However, a recent clinical trial, published online Jan. 18, 2024, by The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, suggests taking MVMs may help delay cognitive decline in older adults.
For the trial, 573 participants were given baseline cognitive and memory tests. Half were given one standard MVM daily, and the other half took a placebo. Both groups were unaware of which one they were given. The study participants were retested again after two years. The people who took the MVM scored slightly higher on the memory and cognitive tests than those who took the placebo.
but also says:
The grocery and drugstore shelves are full of other supplements, which are heavily promoted for all kinds of health benefits, most of which have no scientific evidence to support their use. It's always best to check with the pharmacist or doctor before taking any individual supplement.
That isn't really any better than the other link, it's pretty hard to be vitamin-deficient enough to e.g. develop scurvy even if you eat only junkfood (AFAIK even french fries contain some amount of vitamin C, and most burgers have raw lettuce and tomato). Early Sailors ate literally nothing but bread (hard tack), cured meat and perhaps fish for months at a time.
Iron ≠ vitamin. You are really pissing out most of the vitamins in vitamin supplements. And when I say most it's closer to all of it.
And some of them have ridiculous dosages. For example some have up to 10x the recommended maximum daily B12 amount and that can and does cause permanent nerve damage if taken daily for an extended period. My wife caught it early when symptoms hadn't gotten chronic yet, she was lucky.