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bhikkhu

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31. The evidence is that they don't cure cancer, don't prevent cognitive decline

Sat Jan 11, 2014, 01:44 AM

Jan 2014

and don't prevent illness...reading the last well-publicised article.

I don't take multivitamins for any of those reasons, so I still take a multivitamin.

As far as "they don't do much good", maybe they don't, buy they're really cheap insurance if you don't eat enough fresh food and produce.

I'd also like to know, given that 45% or so of the US population has one chronic illness or other (and I have none, btw), whether they also propose that diet has nothing to do with chronic illness?

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Now that there is more and more evidence vitamin supplements don't do much good [View all] Quixote1818 Jan 2014 OP

I have found this good to know. ananda Jan 2014 #1

Love seeing garlic, dark chocolate and green tea near the top! NRaleighLiberal Jan 2014 #2

I love all three of those get the red out Jan 2014 #57

All the supplements I take are under the advise of an MD. nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #3

I don't take any. nt ZombieHorde Jan 2014 #4

If you eat right there is no need to. Quixote1818 Jan 2014 #5

I don't eat right. nt ZombieHorde Jan 2014 #6

Well, according to science you probably aren't doing any harm Quixote1818 Jan 2014 #9

I actually eat a variety of foods, I just also eat a lot of pizza. ZombieHorde Jan 2014 #14

Depends what you put on it nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #17

Small qualifier. nadinbrzezinski Jan 2014 #13

For sure, good points. nt Quixote1818 Jan 2014 #15

That generalization is often a fallacy. Big Blue Marble Jan 2014 #30

I use my cast iron fry pan for iron, love garlic and citrusy things Whisp Jan 2014 #21

Vitamin D3, Fish Oil and Iron on the advice of my doctor LongTomH Jan 2014 #7

I take some. laundry_queen Jan 2014 #8

I have a sleeping disorder and I take melatonin every night. Gravitycollapse Jan 2014 #10

The chart agrees with your experience! etherealtruth Jan 2014 #50

My doctor recommended Vitamin B to treat a peripheral neuropathy condition known as. . . Journeyman Jan 2014 #11

Nothing, zero, did not help at all sorefeet Jan 2014 #48

I'm really sorry to hear that, and commiserate with you for your condition . . . Journeyman Jan 2014 #62

DU rec...nt SidDithers Jan 2014 #12

Fish Oil, Vitamin D and Vitamin THC here NoOneMan Jan 2014 #16

Can you believe people think it helps reverse the aging process? Rex Jan 2014 #18

Bubbles move up, and bubbles move down. reformist2 Jan 2014 #60

I think this chart is highly misleading frazzled Jan 2014 #19

Not to mention, there is more and more evidence that high cholesterol may not be so bad Quixote1818 Jan 2014 #22

they don't do much good IF you are not deficient, or, if you take them in the wrong way. dionysus Jan 2014 #20

you mentioned that you're taking a zinc supplement renate Jan 2014 #23

Thanks for the info! Quixote1818 Jan 2014 #26

I Take Several Of The Blues Ones Because My Doctor ChiciB1 Jan 2014 #24

Forgot That I Had My Blood Checked ChiciB1 Jan 2014 #28

Folic Acid, Multi-vitamin, C, B Complex all on the advice of my physician... Shandris Jan 2014 #25

I take Vit C newfie11 Jan 2014 #37

Good grief, do you really believe that crap? Th1onein Jan 2014 #27

Got some peer reviewed science that contradicts this? Quixote1818 Jan 2014 #29

If you read the articles, they don't actually say what they are interpreted to say bhikkhu Jan 2014 #32

I know several who take supplements to reduce risk of heart disease and cancer. Gravitycollapse Jan 2014 #41

Some supplements might help, but apparently not general multivitamins. nt bhikkhu Jan 2014 #42

yeah, garlic is good for the heart, but it's not a vitamin supplement. dionysus Jan 2014 #44

Why bother? The methodology is flawed, in the work you are citing. Th1onein Jan 2014 #40

The FUD does make the rounds. Very predictable too. Rex Jan 2014 #45

The evidence is that they don't cure cancer, don't prevent cognitive decline bhikkhu Jan 2014 #31

I don't care what this chart says. I had a potassium and iron deficiency once liberal_at_heart Jan 2014 #33

I have been in the ER with potassium and magnesium deficiency. grasswire Jan 2014 #34

This happened to my husband newfie11 Jan 2014 #38

I've been low on potassium a few times before and Lunacee_2013 Jan 2014 #47

my daughter has been told to eat salt. She has low blood pressure which according to the liberal_at_heart Jan 2014 #61

interesting chart grasswire Jan 2014 #35

You are wise to do so newfie11 Jan 2014 #39

Interesting that Magnesium isn't even on the chart. tridim Jan 2014 #55

magnesium changed my life, truly grasswire Jan 2014 #58

I don't have an arrhythmia or any other issues... tridim Jan 2014 #59

Potassium, B-12, Melatonin ScreamingMeemie Jan 2014 #36

I'm going to hold off... goldent Jan 2014 #43

I take 2-3 multi-vitamins Lunacee_2013 Jan 2014 #46

Vitamin D, fish oil, calcium etherealtruth Jan 2014 #49

Vitamins and herbs do ann--- Jan 2014 #51

I take Trader Joes Women's Formula Hair, Skin and Nails, multivitamins, and one TJ's Complete EFA Zorra Jan 2014 #52

You disproved your own OP. pnwmom Jan 2014 #53

I don't take any supplements. SheilaT Jan 2014 #54

I take Inositol and Glucosamine get the red out Jan 2014 #56