because I do not support your conclusions on this subject? 
There is enough contrary evidence to support the use of vitamins and micro-nutrients for the preservation and restoration of health that I do not agree with your opinion -- and yes, it is an opinion -- that the science is settled and the consensus is done.
I am more than familiar with the scientific method and the philosophies of science that underlie various schools of thought & approaches to the actual applications of 'pure' science and 'applied' science in the form of clinical treatments and modalities to draw my own conclusions.
I am also a different type of person than you and others in this thread who have decided that the case is closed. You are purveyors of scientism and idealistically promote an almost religious belief in the scientific method as a type of Ten Commandments. Few of you probably even realize what philosophies you were taught as you trained or simply read about various sciences to even question how they impact your worldview and your own psychology. You stand in opposition to the post-modern relativistic view of science with hardcore realism. By virtue of my training in psychology and years of Buddhist meditation, I fall somewhere in the middle. We are never going to completely agree on this topic especially given your approach to communicating.
You present yourselves as 'experts' giving absolute statements of conclusion when the reality is quite different. I don't present myself as an expert though I do have knowledge, education, and experience. I will, however, challenge those authoritarians who think they have all the answers and want to control others. When it comes to vitamins, their usage in general is without harm, provides certain proven benefits, and in other cases may do nothing.
Why is it so fucking important for you to stop other adults from doing what they think or feel is right with regards to the most personal choice of their own physical health? Are you pro-life as well? What are you thoughts on gender reassignment surgery? Do you have an internally consistent ethics or is this just the one area you have decided to save us all from ourselves on?
Your smart ass replies to me, your projections, and your arrogant belief now that I am just fucking with you simply shows me that you never had any intention of a logical or rational discussion on this topic. Y'all are just preaching to the choir and then running back to your groups patting each other on the back about how much smarter you all are than the rest of us. Perhaps if it is so bad, then you should just leave DU, after all the 'woo' has apparently taken over and scientism is not the official philosophy of the Democratic party. Or at least recognize that you should not post in a General Discussion thread on such an unresolved topic and expect to not be challenged and rebutted against. 
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