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Natural vs. synthetic vitamins? Anonymous
/fit/, what do you think of the debate over taking food-based vitamins (which are apparently healthier because they contain a fuller blend of vitamins that appear naturally in food), rather than the typical drug store variety (that are made from specific synthesized vitamin extracts which apparently create an unhealthy imbalance)?

I'm thinking about switching over to these:
http://www.grownbynature.com

Expensive as fuck, but the argument almost has me sold. What's your take?
>> Anonymous
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This would be a sample of their multi-vit, BTW.
>> Anonymous
Taking supplemental vitamins has been shown to REDUCE life expectancy, it all cases except Vitamin C, which seems to have no effect, positive or negative.

If you have to supplement your diet with vitamins, there's something wrong with your diet.

In b4 shitty study, it was meta analysis of over 180,000 people. http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/004101.html
>> Anonymous
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The only people who would need supplements are those who had gastric bypass surgery or those with severe digestive disorders. Everyone else needs to eat their fucking fruits and veggies.
>> Anonymous
>>116168
OP might actually be right about the natural ingredients of those things actually making up for what USP-synthesized complexes can't do (as stated by the BBC article in your link), but it doesn't matter, because you don't need to concern yourself with them for the reason>>116177properly stated.

If you're that concerned about getting proper nutrition in the face of declining nutritional quality in store-bought produce, then you should just focus on obtaining organic fruits and vegetables.

Because other than raising and addressing that issue of competent supplements, what this company does, IS in fact play a middle-man role, unlike what it says on its front page.
>> Anonymous
>>116168
but are these results caused by:
a) vitamin supplementation being bad for you?
b) people with bad habits being more likely to take extra vitamins?
c) people with bad health being more likely to take extra vitamins?
d) other
>> Anonymous
>>116168

Too bad that study was found to be totally flawed.
>> Anonymous
>>116247
I'm pretty sure they adjust for that, these people are scientists. If you thought of that, chances are they did. It's their job.
>>116254
Source or it didn't happen.
>> Anonymous
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>I'm pretty sure they adjust for that, these people are scientists. If you thought of that, chances are they did. It's their job.
having seen my share of studies that were done completely wrong i cannot share your confidence