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Why you shouldn't take supplements.

Some things are hard to get in food alone, unless you eat a LOT of one type of food but then you won't get the rest. It's hard to have a diet that gives you everything. For example, vitamin D is very hard to get through food and in winter there is simply not enough sun and it's too cold to leave your skin exposed for more than a few minutes at a time. So UVB light therapy or using supplements is the best way. You need at least 3000 IU per day and the foods that do have vitamin D only give you a few 100.
 
Red Squirrel said:
Some things are hard to get in food alone, unless you eat a LOT of one type of food but then you won't get the rest. It's hard to have a diet that gives you everything. For example, vitamin D is very hard to get through food and in winter there is simply not enough sun and it's too cold to leave your skin exposed for more than a few minutes at a time. So UVB light therapy or using supplements is the best way. You need at least 3000 IU per day and the foods that do have vitamin D only give you a few 100.
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Yup. My doctor recommended I take D every day in the winter so I keep a bottle of gummies on my desk.
 
I have always been fascinated with multi vitamins. The advice has always been "as long as you have a healthy diet, then you don't need them." Okay, what the hell is a healthy diet? Is it a diet where you eat enough vegetables that you get 100% RDA of all your vitamins, enough meat to get all the protein and all the other macro nutrients? Because if so, then that is like a 5000 calorie a day diet and is not healthy. Also, no one get 100% of everything a day in their diet.

So by proving that mult vitamins don't do anything for most people, I think it is safe to say that 100% of the RDA is not necessary.
 
I eat a balanced diet - lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, meat/poulty, nuts, dairy, and water. I always have a vitamin D deficiency during my annual physical (which is in February), so my doctor always puts me on 50,000 IU once a week. This time he said to take 5,000 IU every day when those run out until my next physical. Working in an office will do that to you, I guess, no matter what you eat.

I agree that vitamins are a massive waste of money if you have a good diet. The problem is most American's don't have good diets, so they "need" to take all these vitamins.
 
lxskllr said:
If people were supposed to take vitamins, they'd grow on trees. They're borderline snakeoil.
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My mother believes in the "Cult of Vitamins".

Every week, maybe every day, she's like, "You NEED to TAKE these vitamins, you've been DEPLETED all your life!!!".

I've tried taking multis, they make me gag. If my body doesn't accept them willingly, then how good can they be for me?

And these new vitamins, "Centrum Specialist: Energy", when I took one of those, my skin was like... burning? I was like, WTF?

They have ingredients, like "Polyvinyl Alchohol". Vinyl? Are they kidding?


Edit: I mean, I know I don't have the greatest diet, but still.
 
I choose to take vitamin supplements. I don't take mineral supplements as they tend to have high levels of metals for which we spend a lot of money trying to keep out of our food and water.
 
Red Squirrel said:
Some things are hard to get in food alone, unless you eat a LOT of one type of food but then you won't get the rest. It's hard to have a diet that gives you everything. For example, vitamin D is very hard to get through food and in winter there is simply not enough sun and it's too cold to leave your skin exposed for more than a few minutes at a time. So UVB light therapy or using supplements is the best way. You need at least 3000 IU per day and the foods that do have vitamin D only give you a few 100.
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well, this is because you made a terrible personal choice in where you live. 😀
 
zinfamous said:
well, this is because you made a terrible personal choice in where you live. 😀
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Yeah, being naked in Mexico getting skin cancer is the way to go! 😀

I'm taking Vit D too. Not everything is about living longer or heart disease. The people who did this study are likely rolling their eyes at the simplistic news report.
 
If I take a look at my (typical) daily intake, I hit 110% of potassium, 400% of Vit A, 200% of Vit C, 41% of calcium, and 120% of my iron. I see no need to supplement with vitamins and minerals with my diet.

The only things I will potentially supplement (although I haven't as of late) are fish oil and collagen. For exercise supplementation I only use creatine.
 
I eat decently and drink plenty of milk so I get my vitamin D that way. I don't believe in vitamins unless told by a doc to do so for a particular reason. Or if you want glowing pee.
 
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