THE MYTH (LIE) ABOUT TAKING VITAMINS...

"We believe that it's clear that vitamins are not working," -- Dr. Eliseo Guallar,
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

The Vitamin Myth

**Boy, it's painful when another myth gets shattered.., **especially when it's one that can be pretty costly, both for your wallet and your health. From a very young age we've been told, even lectured to by mommy and even our family physician -- take your vitamins.., and like good little sheep we followed right along with the crowd and popped one vitamin or supplement after another…

As we all know the vitamin / supplement industry is a multi-billion dollar business… And it will do or say just about anything to get your business. From promising increased energy, better mood.., even increased longevity. Don't even get me started on "dietary" supplements -- PUH-LEEEEZZZZ!

"In 1999 Hoffmann-LaRoche paid a $500 million criminal fine for leading a worldwide conspiracy to fix prices for certain vitamins." -- Bernie Sanders

First off, only about 10% of americans have a vitamin deficiency.., and most people believe that if a vitamin or supplement is on the shelves of their local grocery/drug/health food store, that it's claims must have been proven by some government, medical or health agency -- NOT. While the producers of vitamins and supplements have to follow certain "guidelines," when the FDA wanted tighter regulation on vitamins that "contained" more than 150% of the recommended daily allowance, they were shot down by congress. And when the Institute of Medicine tried to get a bill passed, giving them the power to evaluate the ingredients in supplements -- they were met with an overpowering lobby by the supplement industry.., and the bill went nowhere -- Surprise., Surprise...

Not only do these overpriced vitamins and supplements don't do what they claim.., up to 80% don't even contain ANY of the product on its label. Read that last sentence again! And some are contaminated with other plants that are not even on the label, putting you at risk if you happen to be allergic...

"For the last several years, a Mount Fuji of evidence has piled up to show that multivitamins don’t do much of anything for the health of the average person. Though less conclusive, a growing body of evidence suggests that they may even shorten your life." -- Lynn Stuart Parramore

While we know that many plants and botanicals contain health benefits, they contain those benefits in their pure form… The never-ending supply of vitamins and supplements on all those shelves are highly processed, making it practically impossible for ANY of those health benefits to be present -- you can't put it in a pill! Plus, many of these vitamins and supplements are synthetic -- that are not even recognized by human biology…

A study from Oxford University, after following 20,000 people for 5 years found that taking vitamins is a waste of time and money. While we bitch and moan (I know I do) about the outrageous cost of organic food (here in NYC people refer to Whole Foods Market as Whole Paycheck Market), we have no problem throwing money down the drain on useless supplements, when we can get all the vitamins and nutrients we need from nutrient rich organic foods. Still we spend over $21 billion dollars a year on vitamins and supplements.

Don't Believe The Hype

Even though it has gotten much harder to get our daily recommended amount of vitamins from the food we eat.., due to the nutritionally impoverished and overly processed food that is available to us, it is still the safer and wiser decision, considering if we are eating a proper diet with mostly (if not all) organic and non-processed foods.., we can get all the nutrients and vitamins our bodies need to thrive.… As a matter of fact, some of these vitamins when taken in pill form are actually doing harm… And even with the Preventive Services Task Force concluding that vitamins don’t prevent cancer or heart disease.., their business has grown by 40% since 2008…

It's a sad state of affairs when money trumps everything else -- even our damn health! Millions of people spend their hard earned cash on vitamins because they believe they will improve the quality of their lives. Some of these snake-oil salesman claim their supplements can cure cancer and alzheimers or prevent heart disease… Playing on peoples emotions and and desperation they will sell you a bill of goods, because unlike many businesses the profit margins in the supplement game -- are huge. And because they are not a "drug" (as if that really matters) they are not subject to kind of pre-release trials.

Even our current "president" Donald Trump was involved in a multi-level marketing project which encouraged people to take an expensive urine test and then a pricey monthly supply of vitamins that had no science behind them, at all. A straight-up marketing scam!

No bottle of vitamins can compete against a proper diet.., but the average american diet is sorely lacking… Most people want to eat better.., but come up with reasons why they don't -- "I can't afford it." "I don't like vegetables." Or they are just misinformed by all the false advertising the producers of these useless vitamins get away with, by spending a ton of money lobbying politicians. The people we "supposedly" vote into office… The politicians that are "supposed" to work for us.., are selling us down the road for a hefty (not even that hefty, most of these bums will take chump change) for a nice campaign donation -- what else is new!

So, before you waste your money on that bottle of multi-vitamins (they are the most useless).., you should consider the consequences and not the bogus benefits. Grabbing yourself a fresh cold pressed vegetable juice, on a daily basis.., and instead of trying to take the easy way out, take some responsibility for health -- lord knows nobody else will...


REFERENCE:
Stop Wasting Money
Vitamins and Heart Disease
Vitamins and Cancer
Deceptive Practices


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