Posted by yxibow on February 18, 2009, at 0:33:26
In reply to Start Questioning Vitamins?, posted by Neal on February 16, 2009, at 23:13:18
I think there are a lot of "nutritional supplements" that some people may take that are superfluous, like chromium (just biting a fork or using stainless steel pans will get you enough chromium and vanadium) -- but an ordinary average multivitamin is not going to hurt most people and may help in a few deficiencies if they otherwise neglect them in part of their diets by choice or just mere circumstance.
Except for vitamin C and a few B vitamins, they rarely have the daily RDA unless they are "supercharged" or something.
And they probably save and improve lives in the less developed world.
That being said, very young children should not be exposed to iron-containing multivitamins even if they need a small amount because that small amount can be close to a dose that can kill them.
If one has some rare intolerance to a mineral, perhaps because of kidney function, I would assume a competent doctor would know what a good choice of supplement if anything to take.
-- Jay
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