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> IF you have a good diet, you don't need multivitamins/supplements. But if you have a homogenous diet (eat the same thing every day and nothing else), then vit
by TheEzEzz 13y ago
> IF you have a good diet, you don't need multivitamins/supplements. But if you have a homogenous diet (eat the same thing every day and nothing else), then vitamins and supplements are much more useful than harmful.
This is exactly what the article is contesting, but I think the confusion is mostly a semantic one. If "vitamin" means "molecules necessary for good health" then you are right. If "vitamin" means the typical molecules found in multivitamins then the science supports the article's claim.
- jotm 13y agoBy vitamin(s) I mean the chemical compound(s) that have been proven to be absorbed from food and used by the body. If you get a cheap multivitamin that doesn't actually contain the real stuff, well that's a whole other problem.