Are vitamin/mineral supplements good for you?

[Ferocious]

I've been trying to find clinical studies or something similar showing that taking vitamin supplements are good for you with no luck so far.

Can someone point me in the right direction. I'm not being real picky, I just can't find anything!

Thanks.

 

[tw1164]

google some medical journals

 

[Ferocious]

Still no luck in my search.

I'm starting to wonder if vitamins are USELESS??

 

[imported_Tick]

Originally posted by: Ferocious
Still no luck in my search.

I'm starting to wonder if vitamins are USELESS??

If you can't find data supporting something....

 

[rickn]

you dont need vitamin and mineral supplements if you eat enough fresh raw fruits and veggies. frozen veggies don't count.

 

[tasmanian]

Same with steamed veggies.

 

[Legend]

Vitamins are only useful if you aren't getting them from food. I'm not sure if there's any studies with people purposely fed diets deficient in minerals and splitting the group into placebo and vitamin groups for comparison. But mineral deficiencies are very real. I had iron deficiency anemia once.

There's also the difference between optimal health and just surviving. Bodybuilding sites claim that active people need more zinc and other minerals. It makes sense, but I haven't seen a bunch of studies supporting this.

 

[imported_Tick]

Originally posted by: Legend
Vitamins are only useful if you aren't getting them from food. I'm not sure if there's any studies with people purposely fed diets deficient in minerals and splitting the group into placebo and vitamin groups for comparison. But mineral deficiencies are very real. I had iron deficiency anemia once.

There's also the difference between optimal health and just surviving. Bodybuilding sites claim that active people need more zinc and other minerals. It makes sense, but I haven't seen a bunch of studies supporting this.

How did you manage to get iron deficiency? Are you vegan?

 

[Vette73]

I think I remember that MOST (not all) do not much good UNLESS you are sick, do not get enough(which is rare in the US since everything from milk and bread are fortified), or you are doing something like training where your body actually uses certain ones up (but again if you eat a good diet that will probable not happen).


Me and my wife take a daily multi vitamin, calcium + D, and potisuum supplement maybe 1-2 times a week. It says to take daily but we eat enough good food. We just take them as a cover since I don;t eat most vegetables and she gets sick very easy.

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: Tick

Originally posted by: Legend
Vitamins are only useful if you aren't getting them from food. I'm not sure if there's any studies with people purposely fed diets deficient in minerals and splitting the group into placebo and vitamin groups for comparison. But mineral deficiencies are very real. I had iron deficiency anemia once.

There's also the difference between optimal health and just surviving. Bodybuilding sites claim that active people need more zinc and other minerals. It makes sense, but I haven't seen a bunch of studies supporting this.

How did you manage to get iron deficiency? Are you vegan?

Actually that is a problem for a lot of teen girls. With their period they lose blood every month (i.e. iron) and a lot don;t eat much meat or other food that have iron as they are "bad" for you.

 

[Legend]

Originally posted by: Tick

Originally posted by: Legend
Vitamins are only useful if you aren't getting them from food. I'm not sure if there's any studies with people purposely fed diets deficient in minerals and splitting the group into placebo and vitamin groups for comparison. But mineral deficiencies are very real. I had iron deficiency anemia once.

There's also the difference between optimal health and just surviving. Bodybuilding sites claim that active people need more zinc and other minerals. It makes sense, but I haven't seen a bunch of studies supporting this.

How did you manage to get iron deficiency? Are you vegan?

Hell no...

It happened my freshman year at college. I ate nothing but cafeteria food. I ate red meats, spinach and cereal frequently. So I had plenty of iron in my diet.

I found out a year later while I was beginning to work out more seriously that I was allergic to soy. I consumed soy protein powder, not knowing any better about how whey/casein is vastly superior. I started getting ear infection symptoms after consuming it.

Cafeteria food is loaded with soy fillers. I suspect that's what gave me the iron deficiency. It's speculation though. I haven't had it since and I stopped taking iron pills after I starting cooking my own food.

 

[imported_Tick]

Originally posted by: Legend

Originally posted by: Tick

Originally posted by: Legend
Vitamins are only useful if you aren't getting them from food. I'm not sure if there's any studies with people purposely fed diets deficient in minerals and splitting the group into placebo and vitamin groups for comparison. But mineral deficiencies are very real. I had iron deficiency anemia once.

There's also the difference between optimal health and just surviving. Bodybuilding sites claim that active people need more zinc and other minerals. It makes sense, but I haven't seen a bunch of studies supporting this.

How did you manage to get iron deficiency? Are you vegan?

Hell no...

It happened my freshman year at college. I ate nothing but cafeteria food. I ate red meats, spinach and cereal frequently. So I had plenty of iron in my diet.

I found out a year later while I was beginning to work out more seriously that I was allergic to soy. I consumed soy protein powder, not knowing any better about how whey/casein is vastly superior. I started getting ear infection symptoms after consuming it.

Cafeteria food is loaded with soy fillers. I suspect that's what gave me the iron deficiency. It's speculation though. I haven't had it since and I stopped taking iron pills after I starting cooking my own food.

Ah. That makes a lot of sense.

 

[imported_Tick]

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: Tick

Originally posted by: Legend
Vitamins are only useful if you aren't getting them from food. I'm not sure if there's any studies with people purposely fed diets deficient in minerals and splitting the group into placebo and vitamin groups for comparison. But mineral deficiencies are very real. I had iron deficiency anemia once.

There's also the difference between optimal health and just surviving. Bodybuilding sites claim that active people need more zinc and other minerals. It makes sense, but I haven't seen a bunch of studies supporting this.

How did you manage to get iron deficiency? Are you vegan?

Actually that is a problem for a lot of teen girls. With their period they lose blood every month (i.e. iron) and a lot don;t eat much meat or other food that have iron as they are "bad" for you.

Pretty sure Legend isn't a teen girl.

 

[Legend]

Originally posted by: Tick

Originally posted by: Marlin1975

Originally posted by: Tick

Originally posted by: Legend
Vitamins are only useful if you aren't getting them from food. I'm not sure if there's any studies with people purposely fed diets deficient in minerals and splitting the group into placebo and vitamin groups for comparison. But mineral deficiencies are very real. I had iron deficiency anemia once.

There's also the difference between optimal health and just surviving. Bodybuilding sites claim that active people need more zinc and other minerals. It makes sense, but I haven't seen a bunch of studies supporting this.

How did you manage to get iron deficiency? Are you vegan?

Actually that is a problem for a lot of teen girls. With their period they lose blood every month (i.e. iron) and a lot don;t eat much meat or other food that have iron as they are "bad" for you.

Pretty sure Legend isn't a teen girl.

I'm not. It's pretty rare for a guy to have iron deficiency and it be a predisposed/genetic condition.