Do Vitamin Supplements Really Work?
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This week Reactions is taking a look at the science and chemistry, or lack thereof, behind supplements. You’ve seen them in late night commercials and at your local pharmacy—little pills that claim to cure your cold, help you wake up or maybe help you lose weight. Vitamin and mineral supplements are everywhere and generate billions of dollars in revenue in the U.S. each year. But do they really work?
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Music:
Funk Delite
Nylon Flares
Producer:
Elaine Seward
Writer:
Sam Lemonick
Executive Producer:
Adam Dylewski
Scientific consultants:
Francisco Tomás-Barberán, Ph.D.
Darcy Gentleman, Ph.D.
Sophia Cai
Sources:
Should you take multi-vitamins? www.berkeleywellness.com/supplements/vitamins/arti…
Prenatal vitamins: www.webmd.com/baby/guide/prenatal-vitamins
Industry revenue: www.wsj.com/articles/SB100014241278873243928045783…
Large multivitamin studies showing no significant benefits for healthy people:
annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=1789253
annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=728199
archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=21…
annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=1767855
ajcn.nutrition.org/content/97/2/437.long
Some experts recommend multivitamins as “nutritional insurance”:
www.health.harvard.edu/mens-health/do-multivitamin…
www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/01/30/382587987/…
For those with diabetes, supplements can help: annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=716096
Adverse effects: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1504267
Fish oil claims not supported by research: well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/30/fish-oil-claims-… www.scientificamerican.com/article/fish-oil-supple…
Choline: lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/other-nutrients/choline
Other sources: Trials for supplements don’t show adequate evidence of benefits
www.nhs.uk/news/2013/12December/Pages/Study-finds-…
www.health.harvard.edu/alternative-and-complementa…
www.consumerreports.org/cro/2014/06/do-vitamins-wo…
www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction…
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