Multivitamins: Do they really work?

I supposed we're all confronted with the same problem when choosing a multivitamin: of the thousands on the market, which multivitamin will produce the best results? And, do multivitamins positively impact good health?

There are two sides to every story and multivitamins are no exception. While Doctor Harvey Simon of Harvard Men's Health Watch states that multivitamins neither benefit heart health nor are effective as antioxidants, Dr. Richard Rivlin from Cornell's Weill Medical College disagrees, saying clinical evidence clearly suggests taking a multivitamin every day surely benefits a healthy mind and body. 

The unfortunate side to consulting a doctor about vitamin intake and nutrition is that, for the most part, doctors have inadequate training in nutrition and, as a result, often lead patients down the proverbial pharmacological road, suggesting chemical medications over dietary supplementation. Although phrases such as "talk to your doctor" or "consult a physician" surely have their place in American medical culture, we're probably all better off gathering advice about diet, nutrition and multivitamin intake from nutritionists, dieticians and some basic, grassroots research.

Comments

[Replacement Windows]

There are indeed thousands of multivitamins in the market, dont believe everything people say, all you have to do is find out what works for you.

[Greg Wirth - How Antioxidants Work]

I view vitamins as the concentrated form of what nature gives us. If the Harvard doctor feels that multivitamins do not benefit heart health does he also feel fruits and vegetables are not beneficial antioxidants? How could he come to such a near-sighted conclusion?

[Jake Petrykowski]

The issue with mutli-vitamins are that well over 97% of them use synthetic "nutrients" which are normally derived from charcoal and petroleum based sources. These types of "nutrients" are not only ineffective, they are dangerous. Phytomatrix from Mannatech is the ONLY multi that sources every single nutrient from a plant source-zero synthetics.