NUTRITION AUTHOR
Billy Bosco
MULTIVITAMINS: TO TAKE OR NOT TO TAKE? n Need some supplements? Here is a
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rundown on multivitamins and how effective they truly are.
JULY 2022
mericans are always looking for shortcuts. According to a 2013 Gallup poll, 50% of Americans take some type of vitamin supplementation. If you ask most of them what each vitamin and mineral does, they wouldn’t be able to tell you; they just know they “need” it. As a result, the multivitamin industry is huge and continues to grow. From 2000 to 2017, the sales of vitamins jumped from $17 billion to over $36 billion. I know healthy individuals who eat a well-balanced diet and still take a multivitamin “as insurance.” Why not, though? If you have the money, you might as well spend it on your own health. But does a multivitamin help as much as people think they do? Here are some reasons why a multivitamin isn’t everything it’s cracked up to be.
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