Are multivitamin pills worth taking? The evidence is more nuanced than doctors suggest
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The Economist
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The article examines the debate around multivitamin supplements, noting that while many doctors dismiss them as producing "expensive urine" and a 2013 editorial in the Annals of Internal Medicine urged people to stop wasting money, the actual evidence is more positive than that advice suggests. The piece hints that some people could benefit from taking multivitamins, challenging the conventional medical dismissal of these supplements.
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Twitter / XAre multivitamin pills worth taking? The evidence is more nuanced than doctors suggesteconomist.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledAsk a doctor about vitamin supplements, and they are more than likely to tell you that all the pills do is help you produce 'expensive urine'.
In 2013 an editorial in the Annals of Internal Medicine appeared to end the argument by urging people to stop wasting their money.
The evidence, however, is more positive than that advice might suggest.
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