This was never a scientific concept ... it was a marketing concept.
People have widely differing dietary needs. What works for me is an occasional extra dose of vitamin C. I think it's probably true that many people benefit from a iittle extra vitamin D. And after seeing the benefit to my dogs from consuming a glucosmine supplement, I think I might try some of that stuff too!
‘Agree that so-called “multiple” vitamins are a bad idea. The “One-a-Day,” one-size-fits-all vitamin product was dreamed up by the Mad Men of the ‘50s or ‘60s.
This was never a scientific concept ... it was a marketing concept.’
I have a doctor who actually knows whereof she speaks. As I have grown older I have a lot of pain due to the work I did when younger, mainly coal mining, a short lived experiment with sky diving and a few rolling car wrecks, youth is great till you get older and start to pay. My doctor has me on 22 different supplements and natural vitamins, a few of these I tossed in. Whenever she sees me she does blood work and calls a couple of days later if something is wrong or right, something else she does is ask me what I want to do about whatever condition I might have, she knows I have already studied and decided what to do. Her assistant called one day and said I was anemic I said OK, I had been on a diet and lost 92 pounds in a short time and that brought it on, bought some iron and next test was perfect.
If I skip vitamins for a couple of days I can tell because my hands and feet and lower back start to cramp, take D3 and potassium along with the others and pain goes away. I never thought I would live long enough to whine about my health as old folks did when I was young. What goes around comes around.
Wish me luck cause I am taking the shots of cartilage in my right knee. Result of an old mining injury in my 20’s and walking 4 miles 4 times a week and working out on those 4 days. My favorite subject is now talking about my various pains. If I was a horse they would take me out and shoot me.