O.T. vitamin supplements

[AK]

I have seen studies that show that vitamins supplements offer no benefit.

My vitamins and supplements

1. Vitalitown Vitamin D3 5000 I.U. 125 mcg Vitamin C Sprint Valley 500 mg every other day Fish Oil 1000 mg Red pepper Size 00 Gelatin capsules

Based on scientific studies, I decided to stop taking #1.

What are you thoughts?

Thanks, Andy

[Rod Speed]

I have never bothered with any vitamins and supplements because I have always been convinced by the science that you don't need any unless you have a stupid 'diet'

[T]

Hi AK,

The "no benefit" is just a marketing weasels. They seldom are actual scientific studies. The worst science, if you can actually call it that, is learned jerks in white lab coats pulling things out their ears.

If you have doubts about what you are taking, look them up on Pub Med:

For example, here is Vitamin D3:

Here is Vitamin C:

You get the good and the bad. Then you make you own mind up. Be sure to check

1) their conflict of interest statements, and 2) who funded them.

-T

[Frank]

I take those recommended by my doctors. There are those for AMD recommended by eye doctor. Both eye doctor and cardiologist recommend omega 3, fish oil.

[Snag]

After my last physical , based on the blood work they recommended I take low dosages of D3 and B12 ... other than that I take ibuprofen 3-5 times a week for back pain .

[invalid unparseable]

I also take D but did not mention it as not called for by doctor but had read that it is lacking in most seniors.

[Ralph Mowery]

It depends on your diet. If you get everything by food the vitamins are a waste, but most people do not get enough by food.

[trader_4]

Seems to me it's the other way around. Those marketing the supplements claiming great benefits, using dubious claims.

Too bad you reject the NIH and all they have to say when it comes to Covid facts, BS Covid treatments they call out, the benefits of vaccines, etc.

[Mark Lloyd]

Once I heard the benefit is expensive urine.

[Mark Lloyd]

I take both niacin and fish oil, as recommended for cholesterol.

[Scott Lurndal]

A daily 10-minute walk at lunchtime will provide sufficient vitamin D; supplements are generally unnecessary.

[Snag]

I spend a lot more time out in the sun than that , and my doctor recommended a low dose of D3 ...

[Snag]

I was actually quite surprised , I spend quite a bit of time outside .

[Snag]

That's because most people eat highly refined factory food instead of minimally processed dishes made with basic raw ingredients .

[Cindy Hamilton]

Possibly. I find that a multivitamin in the morning helps curb my appetite a little bit.

[zall]

Bullshit.

That's wrong too. In fact highly refined food, bread, is deliberately supplemented.

[T]

Sunlight does not help if you shower off the oil from your skin that the bacteria that create the Vitamin D use to eat.

[T]

1+

[Snag]

Yup , with chemical replacements rather than the real thing you get from unprocessed foods . Those people that produce your refined food don't care about you , they only care about the bottom line .

[zall]

In fact if they only cared about their bottom line, they wouldn't add any supplement to the bread at all.

They do use the same basic raw ingredients that have always been used when making bread.