Are multivitamin pills worth taking? The evidence is more nuanced than you think
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The Economist
Summary
The article examines the debate around multivitamin supplements. 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 article suggests the evidence is more positive than that advice implies. It notes that research shows some people could benefit from taking multivitamins.
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· 4 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.
Research shows that some people could benefit
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