I will note, unless you are deficient, multivitamins may not do much if anything. I have a vitamin d deficiency and if I don’t take supplements, it shows up on my blood tests so if your body is lacking or you have a terrible diet, it may just be a waste of money.
No, the point of multivitamins is to sell as many multivitamins as possible. The 80s and 90s were a minefield of dubious nutrition information. Taking supplements you don’t need to take can have detrimental health effects, or at best, is a waste of money.
Multivitamins may actually be harmful. Fat soluble Vitamins may have weird properties which could be bad even with correct dosage. Vitamin B6 can be easily overdosed as even the recommended values are questionable.
However, I strongly advise against going to just by “terrible diet” and do only until something shows on regular check-ups. There can be subacute deficiencies, they won’t show up on routine checks or not at all anywhere as we can’t “Star Trek Health Scan” the human body and especially the brain. Also your diet is terrible by default. Why? Because depending on the geographic region and especially with modern agriculture which killed off all kinds of biodiversity and trace elements is more than likely to be worse than a century ago with the same ingredients. It is not easy to recommend a Vitamin stack as there are so many things we don’t quite know and regulation is practically absent.
I will note, unless you are deficient, multivitamins may not do much if anything. I have a vitamin d deficiency and if I don’t take supplements, it shows up on my blood tests so if your body is lacking or you have a terrible diet, it may just be a waste of money.
Source: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/is-there-really-any-benefit-to-multivitamins
Isn’t the whole point of multivitamins to make sure you’re not deficient?
No, the point of multivitamins is to sell as many multivitamins as possible. The 80s and 90s were a minefield of dubious nutrition information. Taking supplements you don’t need to take can have detrimental health effects, or at best, is a waste of money.
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Multivitamins may actually be harmful. Fat soluble Vitamins may have weird properties which could be bad even with correct dosage. Vitamin B6 can be easily overdosed as even the recommended values are questionable.
However, I strongly advise against going to just by “terrible diet” and do only until something shows on regular check-ups. There can be subacute deficiencies, they won’t show up on routine checks or not at all anywhere as we can’t “Star Trek Health Scan” the human body and especially the brain. Also your diet is terrible by default. Why? Because depending on the geographic region and especially with modern agriculture which killed off all kinds of biodiversity and trace elements is more than likely to be worse than a century ago with the same ingredients. It is not easy to recommend a Vitamin stack as there are so many things we don’t quite know and regulation is practically absent.
I agree on top of the fact they aren’t regulated so their dosage may and can be completely off.
And depending on what brand you buy or how much you take, you could be exposing yourself to a lot of heavy metals