Comment on Do Multivitamins actually do anything?
jeffw@lemmy.world 9 months ago
One thing a doc told me is that your body can only absorb so much. Some people go so crazy on certain supplements that they end up blocking the body’s ability to absorb other essential nutrients.
If you want to supplement, a single multi each day isn’t going to be a massive game changer, unless you’re already missing something.
SmellyHamWallet@lemmy.world 9 months ago
It’s like when you have a Berocca and your wee is a luminous yellow for your next few trips because your body can’t absorb all of the extra vitamins isn’t it?
jeffw@lemmy.world 9 months ago
That’s part of it, ig. But there was this one study where they gave people shit tons of one vitamin and they just started dying because they weren’t getting anything else they needed. Sounded intense.
number6@feddit.nl 9 months ago
I’m sceptical. That would be an extremely unethical test. And it would only prove that too much of something can kill you. Did you know that people can even die from drinking too much water?
jeffw@lemmy.world 9 months ago
This was a study of a specific disease that caused a specific deficit in one vitamin. They tried hyper-dosing people to treat it and had to stop the study because they died.
Can’t remember which disease it was