Big Pharm is just going after the 30 billion dollar market and trying to use the FDA as there personal guild thugs.
The Big Pharma monolith is on the anti-vitamin warpath.
“We believe that the case is closed — supplementing the diet of well-nourished adults with (most) mineral or vitamin supplements has no clear benefit and might even be harmful,”
Key word there is “well-nourished”.
As for any health benefit to the person of good diet and overall health, vitamins are just expensive colored urine.
Oh well, Big Pharma to the rescue...
sniff, sniff...(the author)
This dude obviously has not eaten any fresh fruits or vegetables lately. Sure they look pretty and are perfect but they taste like cardboard. I wasn't aware that fruit picked when they're still green have their full nutritional value. then there's GMO foods. Are they as nutritious as their original source??
How much is Hopkins receiving from obama?
Course these are the same agenda-driven half-wits that conduct studies whose data indicate salt won’t hurt you, then claim in the report it’s deadly, so YMMV.....
I probably spend a total of $100/year for supplements which I purchase from Costco. That covers a multi-vitamin, Glucosamine-Chondroitin, a supplement that includes a number of other things, and saw palmetto.
Only thing I don’t get at Costco is DHEA - 50 mg/day.
This stuff does work, and if I don’t take them for a couple of weeks, I really notice it.
No one is getting rich off of me in this area.
I’m 60 and in excellent health.
There are real benefits to certain vitamins and supplements, even if wholesale use of multivitamins will not prevent cancer or heart disease.
Where I live there is a real shortage of vitamin D. Niacinamide can help with arthritis. Vitamins and supplements have there place in modern health, but are not a magic solution.
Yup it's sad how dumbed-down we've become as a society.
I have never been able to detect the slightest benefit from taking multivitamins. It appears money spent on them quite literally is down the toilet.
Multi-vitamins are indeed almost useless because the amounts of the active ingredients are insufficient to accomplish specific nutritional objectives. Virtually all Americans are deficient in B vitamins, vitamin d3 and omega 3. Countless properly structured studies have validated the benefits of supplementation with substantially higher dosages than occur in a multi-vitamin. 12% of our 20k genes are switched on or of by vitamin d3. Omega 3 has prevented 40% of sudden cardiac deaths in a well structured study of at risk humans.
B vitamins are essential for normal brain functions.
Besides *vitamins* - there’s **herbs** and OTHER such supplements - that do VERY MUCH GOOD.
Just PROVEN - sorry, big pharma.
(Take a listen to 1st hour of www.CoasttoCoastAM last night - yes ~
LAST SHOW RECAP : In the first hour, Dr. Joel Wallach reacted to the recent study which claims that vitamins provide no memory or heart benefits.
The only exceptions are folic acid for pregnant women and, possibly, vitamin D — the studies are mixed on its benefits and risks. <<
It’s a closed book, except...
They don’t spend money on these studies. They spend money on drug studies.
The exceptions per the Linus Pauling Institute...
Women of childbearing age (folate, vitamin D, iron)
Pregnant and lactating women (vitamin B6, folate, vitamin D, iron)
People who consume <1,200 cal/day (multiple micronutrients)
Obese individuals (multiple micronutrients)
Infants, children, and adolescents (vitamin D)
People with dark-colored skin (vitamin D)
Those who cover all exposed skin or using sunscreen whenever outside (vitamin D)
Older adults (vitamin B12, vitamin D, zinc)
Low socioeconomic status (multiple micronutrients)
Patients who have had bariatric surgery (multiple micronutrients)
Patients with fat malabsorption syndromes (fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K)
Alcoholics (vitamin A, B vitamins)
Smokers (vitamins C and E)
Vegans and those with limited intake of animal products (vitamin B12, vitamin D, calcium)
People taking medications that interfere with the absorption and/or metabolism of certain micronutrients (e.g., proton pump inhibitors used to treat heartburn may impair vitamin B12 absorption (36); frequent aspirin use can lower vitamin C status (37)).
People whose diets are not adherent to the USDA food plate (formerly food pyramid)—the vast majority of Americans (multiple micronutrients)
http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/multivitamin-mineral.html
It’s a little more rigorous list.
DK
Not to worry.
Wait ten years and there will be a new study issued with the exact opposite conclusion.
That’s how science is.
The study was no good. Too many people quit the study.
Has nothing to do with vitamins, and everything to do with expanding FDA control.
Yes, proper diet is the best way to get vitamins. Tens of million people live alone in this nation. They don’t eat diverse meals. They do need supplements.
One brain-trust trashing vitamins today had this to say...
“These vitamins are a waste of time. What with a diversified source of foods, and fortified milk, folks don’t need vitamin supplements”
Unwittingly he had just endorsed vitamin additives in milk.
These guys are lying their asses off.
Vitamin supplements are important as long as people don’t go nuts with them.
And for the record, food is great, but people also go nuts overeating too.
Big Drugs has always been against vitamins. Always. They want people sick so the can get wealthy off them.
I just know there are a few vitamins that help me quite a lot. One being vitamin D.
Doesn’t matter.
If I want to spend the money, that is my business.