are vitamins real
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they’re like bitcoins you eat
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okay they’re a scam! they’re considered a food and are only regulated by the FDA for dangerous ingredients, not efficacy of claims
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apparently you just need to eat the foods with the vitamins in them to begin with
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like probiotic supplements are a scam, but eating actual yogurt which has probiotic microorganisms isn’t
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“In a genetic analysis of herbal supplements, 78% of samples contained animal DNA that was not identified as an ingredient on the product labels“
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apparently the only real vitamin supplements are A, B-12, D, iron and folate
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in conclusion: vitamins aren’t real, except when they sometimes are? confusing
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Replying to @mollylambert
A medical podcast I listen to summed it up pretty squarely: the thing about vitamins and minerals is you 1) need a bare super low minimum of each or your body stops working but 2) this is handled by even the most reasonably basic diet and 3) extra amounts do literally nothing :/
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Special cases or deficiencies of course the exception.
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