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bhikkhu

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37. As long as they're inexpensive, its no bother at all to take a multi-vitamin

Sat Dec 21, 2013, 06:26 PM

Dec 2013

I don't take them because I think they will keep me from getting sick or extend my life or anything else; I take vitamins because I don't always have a perfect diet and I get a lot of use out of my body and mind. Its just a little insurance against deficiencies of whatever sort, and there's no harm.

I've still seen no evidence that there is harm in routine supplements, and if anyone wanted a candidate for how they might be helpful (or at least harmless) I'd volunteer. At 50, after a lifetime of routine supplements, I am in very good shape, physically and mentally, fit and trim in mind and body, pretty much zero problems either way. If bad things were going to happen I would have expected them to happen already.

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More evidence that routine multivitamin use should be avoided [View all] SidDithers Dec 2013 OP

Yes, people in developing countries with no access to a well rounded diet Rex Dec 2013 #1

People in developing countries can afford supplements? intaglio Dec 2013 #2

Yeah right, ignore the thousands of groups out there that help Rex Dec 2013 #3

That help by providing food not fantasies to people whose normal diet has been disrupted intaglio Dec 2013 #16

It's almost as if you didn't bother to read the OP. Gravitycollapse Dec 2013 #6

Straw man! longship Dec 2013 #8

The body can only absorb so much Blanket Statements Dec 2013 #4

Just curious who paid for this study? Nt newfie11 Dec 2013 #5

It's actually 3 studies... SidDithers Dec 2013 #7

Wait... Wut? MerryBlooms Dec 2013 #9

There are 3 different studies... SidDithers Dec 2013 #10

Ah, got it, my bad. MerryBlooms Dec 2013 #13

Evidence-based science isn't allowed in these forums! Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #11

says who? Liberal_in_LA Dec 2013 #12

...that was sarcasm. Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #15

Great thread in V&MM right now promoting the hell out of Dr. Oz... SidDithers Dec 2013 #18

Ohhhhhh, really? Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #22

I take Vitamin D as prescribed by my doctor cause it was low in my last blood test thing Arcanetrance Dec 2013 #14

Probably, certain infections or metabolic problems can decrease the production of vitamin D intaglio Dec 2013 #17

That is not true if you are dark skinned and/or live in northern, cloudy latitudes. n/t pnwmom Dec 2013 #19

Ok make it 30 minutes in the sunlight intaglio Dec 2013 #33

A tanning booth for black people instead of a supplement? pnwmom Dec 2013 #40

Well, every human makes vitamin D in sunlight, whatever their skin colour intaglio Dec 2013 #42

It is ludicrous to suggest that black people should go to tanning booths pnwmom Dec 2013 #43

It is ridiculous to suggest that supplements are needed intaglio Dec 2013 #44

No medical authorities recommend that black people "top up" their pnwmom Dec 2013 #46

The National Cancer institute would like everybody to go round in Burqas intaglio Dec 2013 #51

I can't believe you're still pushing tanning booths for black people. pnwmom Dec 2013 #52

I am not saying you do it for a tan intaglio Dec 2013 #56

I can't easily get 4,000 units a day without eating a lot of calories pnwmom Dec 2013 #57

See my response to your other post intaglio Dec 2013 #63

That's true, for sure! KitSileya Dec 2013 #45

There are a number of causes of vitamin D deficiency REP Dec 2013 #20

Also dietary insufficiency. I had a job a few years ago DebJ Dec 2013 #21

And many people are supposed to be using sun screens, pnwmom Dec 2013 #48

true Sgent Dec 2013 #38

As I said originally you need to know why your doctor is prescribing intaglio Dec 2013 #39

Placebos don't make blood levels of vitamin D rise. n/t pnwmom Dec 2013 #49

How do you know they have risen? Have you had blood assays done? intaglio Dec 2013 #50

My doctor checks them at least annually. That's why she put me on pnwmom Dec 2013 #53

Hopeless intaglio Dec 2013 #54

My doctors have me taking 4,000 units of Vitamin D. pnwmom Dec 2013 #55

Please read what I have written here - it might be very important to you intaglio Dec 2013 #61

I'm at 4,000, which is well under 50,000 and even 10,000. pnwmom Dec 2013 #64

You might find this of interest intaglio Dec 2013 #62

There is this thing...The Goldilock's Principle... HereSince1628 Dec 2013 #23

Show me evidence that they can be harmful. Motown_Johnny Dec 2013 #24

Here's a place to start... HereSince1628 Dec 2013 #25

Ahh yes, wikipedia. Because big phama would never update anything there. Motown_Johnny Dec 2013 #26

No, because it's a place to learn some key words HereSince1628 Dec 2013 #27

did you read my post? Motown_Johnny Dec 2013 #28

Yes, are you open minded enough to take some of the terms you learned HereSince1628 Dec 2013 #29

I can't verify that "60,000 annual vitamin poisoning claim" Motown_Johnny Dec 2013 #32

It seems you're trying to erect a strawman rather than address the issue of the published comment HereSince1628 Dec 2013 #34

No, I am taking issue with the last line in that quote. Motown_Johnny Dec 2013 #66

Big Pharma does NOT want you to stop taking supplements etherealtruth Dec 2013 #35

I think the article argued that it's mostly just a waste of money. Bradical79 Dec 2013 #60

That is not what the last line in the quote in the OP says. Motown_Johnny Dec 2013 #65

I'm agnostic on the OP topic at the moment, personally, but if food tips are what you're looking for proverbialwisdom Dec 2013 #30

RECOMMENDED. proverbialwisdom Dec 2013 #31

What is your view of taking vitamins for age-related macular degeneration? FarCenter Dec 2013 #36

As long as they're inexpensive, its no bother at all to take a multi-vitamin bhikkhu Dec 2013 #37

Routine, maybe. What about non-routine, as in biomedical autism therapy under medical supervision? proverbialwisdom Dec 2013 #41

*facepalm* LeftyMom Dec 2013 #47

non-routine use is addressed in the article. Bradical79 Dec 2013 #58

So, why dont they offer benefits? Bradical79 Dec 2013 #59