Comment on Do Multivitamins actually do anything?

kodafrmdaOC@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• jeffw@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  To add to this, you really need a blood test to show what you need.

  Also, some vitamins are water soluble, others need to be taken with food. Your doc should know though

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  • pastermil@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I did need some D though, since apparently hiding inside for 3 years during a pandemic can impact your body… who would’ve guessed??

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    • jeffw@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      D3 you smartass

      I set myself up for that one though, huh?

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      • pastermil@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yes you did 😏

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      • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        which more than can be said about Giant Floppy there… he can’t get up. #bigdickproblems

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      • Very_Bad_Janet@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        ¿Por qué no los dos?

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    • giantfloppycock@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m always happy to share some D with those in need.

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    • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Heavily relatable ngl

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  • Hyperreality@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Vitamin D deficiency is incredibly common. I think it's something like 1/3 or 1/4 depending on the season or where you live.

    Of course, if you're a member of the red haired master race, your body produces it for you so it's less likely.

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    • Naja_Kaouthia@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If you can’t make your own, store bought is fine.

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    • jballs@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Vitamin D deficiency was also shown to be a co-morbidity with COVID. So to answer the question “do multivitamins do anything?” I’d say they could potentially have saved your life and you might not have noticed.

      Before COVID, my wife nagged me into establishing a primary care physician since I hadn’t gone in a while. So I did, they did a blood test, and showed that I was vitamin D deficient. I took some prescription vitamin D for like a week then my doctor told me to start taking a multivitamin. When they later announced it being a co-morbidity, I felt like I dodged a bullet.

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      • SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        A woman at work gave us all big bottles of vit D during the pandemic. I think it should last me until 2045.

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      • Hyperreality@kbin.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Bit of a tangent, but when I linked to metastudies and an article in the BMJ that suggested vitamin-D supplements might reduce the risk and severity of covid, and suggested it was best not to compare vitamin D to cyanide or give medical advice, I was banned from a relatively large subreddit.

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  • Son_of_dad@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m a vegetarian, have gained weight but not to the point that it would explain why I feel like ass all the time recently. I should get blood work, I was thinking I had low testosterone or something but it could be anything really

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    • GBU_28@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Weight gain and low testosterone display similar symptoms but may not be related. (Fatigue and such) Check with a doc for sure.

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• oldGregg@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And if I don’t own a doctor?

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