Are Multivitamins a Waste of Money?

Multivitamins have been a mainstay in my own personal supplement regimen. But after diving deep into the research, I've finally realized that it might not be any good at all. In fact, multivitamins might very well be one of the biggest money grab in the supplement industry.

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[PictureFit]

After being a long-time advocate for multivitamins, it was pretty difficult for me to come to grips with all the information I’ve read arguing against it. But, I think it’s important that all of us, especially if you have a passion for health and fitness, to always be open about changing your opinions even if they have been heavily ingrained to your personal practices. Oftentimes, people in this industry have a hard time letting go of their personal beliefs (myself included) and, in doing so, continue to deliver misinformation and potentially hurting their viewers, followers, and fanbase.

There’s one huge lesson I learned from making this video: It’s okay to be wrong as long as you’re willing to accept that you’re wrong.

I’ve learned to accept that I was wrong about multivitamins and I’m pretty sure I’ll learn to accept being wrong about other video topics I’ve covered. I hope that any of you reading this will find comfort knowing that I will set aside my personal beliefs as much as I can and simply let the research do the talking. In the end, PictureFit is simply a messenger of the science researched by the hard-working professionals in the field of health and fitness. The only credit I deserve is drawing weird, anatomically incorrect pictures.

Keep on chasing those gains PFers! For science!

[kazhala]

Youtube was just showing an ad on multivitamins for kid, and ur video pops up! lol

[MigelMeUp]

Whenever I was broke I would sneak a bottle of vitamins out of the local major chain supermarket. Helped me get through some rough times when all I had to eat was plain pasta

[saleha]

To be honest Multivitamins helped me so much... before start taking them i used to be sleepy all time now i feel much more energetic.

[dextere]

Taking multivitamins and eating junk foods thinking the multivitamins will be your "safety net" is just plain stupid

[CommandoMaster]

Supplements are a small part in a health lifestyle. A healthy diet and sleep are much more important. Think of taking supplements like doing well on a quiz for your class. At the end of the day, doing well on the exam, which is the diet and sleep part, is more important for your final grade.

[deluxxe]

"Ay Girl! Drop those Multi Vitamin pills. I can provide you the Vitamin D ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)."

[pelatho]

Conclusion:

- Don't take cheap multivitamins with poor bio-availability.
- Don't take excessive amounts (One of the studies he linked to used a whopping 400IU of Vitamin E. My multivitamin has 15IU)
- Don't use multivitamins as a substitute for a healthy diet.
- Take blood tests a few times a year to check up.

As other have pointed out: Those living in the northern hemisphere need to supplement with Vitamin D3.

And finally, due to soil depletion, the the fruits and vegetables grown today have less nutritional value than they had before.

[MeZoRH]

My sports medicine doctor said that theres literally only 5 supplement that you truly need: Vitamin D
Zinc
Fish oil
Magnesium
Vitamin B12 complex

[vilhelmahlskog]

Multivitamin pills and especially Vitamin D pills are important for people that live in the north, like Norway, Canada and Finland. Fact is that WE (im one of them) don't get enough sunlight in the winter, because of it beeing dark all the time and no sun shining. That means we get too little Vitamin D and need more from supplements. I agree that taking a vitamin D pill is then better than Multivitamin pills.

[ImpressiveBassist]

Actually I use them to prevent any future deficiency and I always thought people agree with me. Very informative video!

[mghaderyan]

Dude, it's called supplement for a reason. It is supposed to "supplement" your daily nutrition not replace it. Duh!

[yveslaurentlumaque]

I knew this all along. I am a nurse by profession and I have observed that when patients are admitted, occasionally would a doctor prescribe multivitamins. Rather, they would require for a balanced diet customised for patient's needs. PictureFit, great video. Please make a video on immunizations,  its benefits and side effects. Thanks.

[xFlea]

i take a multi with fish oils and shit when i start the day with my healthy breakfast because it gets you in a 'on track' mindset. so yeah ill pay $15 for a jar of the fuckers if it make me feel good in the morning ;)

[nasholston]

As a GNC employee. We never old multivitamins on the basis that they would fix all of a person's problems or prevent death. We marketed them to help "fill nutritional gaps" in a person's diet. I typically would ask a person what their diet was like before selling it.

[NimW]

It takes 0 studies to know for a fact that a vitamin supplement will help if you have deficiencies and will not help if you don't.
Obviously they should be recommended after tracking someone's diet and having him do blood tests. You went from a sweeping generalisation to another sweeping generalisation.

[Joe_From_IT]

I've taken a multi on & off for years- mostly GNC's because somehow I was persuaded the quality was better than most. I've long doubted the value of all vitamin supplements, but always seem to resume taking them after going without for a few months. As you say, I generally eat well and the few blood tests I've had never suggest any low levels of nutrients. That $ could probably be better invested, but multis do seem to fill that "just in case" peace of mind- the very thing that makes them a $30B industry. They are probably better filed under psychology rather than nutrition:-) Thanks for another well-produced video!

[ScilentPro]

For example, magnesium oxide has 4% absoprtion rate. I stopped buying mv when I found out that. Bought magnesium citrate instead: more than 70%.

[conman]

One of the biggest issues with multivitamins is that they usually provide micronutrients bound to the wrong ions. Magnesium oxide, for example, is poorly absorbed by the body, but it's usually used for multivitamins.

[YesJokingYes]

How about Test-boosters? Make a video, everyone hit a like so he can see!