Vitamins are a waste of money! I have been unable to find any non-bias, properly conducted studies that have shown that a healthy person benefits at all from taking vitamins ... there are actually a few studies that show, inconclusively, taking vitamins may undermine health. The only people who stand to benefit from vitamins are people who have a medical condition that either blocks absorption or depletes their body of specific vitamins and minerals. The only other exception, maybe a person suffering from bad nutritional habits (think very unbalanced diet) or malnutrition, but even then vitamins will only increase health to the point of being at the same level of health they would be at had they eaten a balanced diet in the first place. I have a few friends who believe taking vitamins increases their immune system, wards off illness, and makes them some how better, health wise, than other people. In reality it seems to add between $15 - $100 to their monthly bills. Also, vitamins and supplements are the hot new product pushed by many of the MLM scams, err I mean legitimate companies.
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