Originally Posted by
MoAlpha
One of many paradoxes of nutrition is that there is no reliable evidence that any vitamin or micronutrient supplement has a beneficial effect outside of documented dietary or clinical deficiency. As someone, maybe Michael Pollan, said, eat the carrot, not the carotene.
I do not disagree. My use and recommendation of a vitamin supplement is for those who feel a need to overemphasize a particular food item, and especially those who eschew entire food groups from their daily diet. At best, the supplement can fill in the blanks, and at worst does no real harm. Even Pollack would have to admit that produce in the 21st Century is getting pretty nutritionally bereft. Farming practices are geared towards profit, first and foremost, and if you think you can get the kind of nutrition from 'natural' food alone like our parents could, you are sadly mistaken.