Hello tiptopshop and All, I think we should note that the people on this forum and not average and probably sweat more each day than the test subjects in the studies sweat in a month.
Also the people on this board probably create more muscle micro tears each day than the test subjects in the study create in a month.
The editorial stated:
A dietary supplement industry group slammed the editorial and studies.
“The editorial demonstrates a close-minded, one-sided approach that attempts to dismiss even the proven benefits of vitamins and minerals," Steve Mister, president and CEO of the Council for Responsible Nutrition, said in a statement. "It’s a shame for consumers that the authors refuse to recognize the real-life need for vitamin and mineral supplementation, living in a fairy-tale world that makes the inaccurate assumption that we’re all eating healthy diets and getting everything we need from food alone.
One expert agreed some nutrient-deficient people may still benefit from multivitamins.
“There might be an argument to continue taking a multi(vitamin) to replace or supplement your not healthy diet,” Dr. Robert Graham, an internal medicine physician at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, added to CBS News.
LaPook also notes that vitamins can benefit people with certain conditions, like celiac disease -- where the body cannot properly absorb nutrients -- and pregnancy, where folic acid helps prevent birth defects.
(I do not sell vitamins or supplements)
Cheers,
Neal
+1 mph Faster