Myth of the Multivitamin

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Multivitamins are a myth - there we said it!    Come listen to the episode that had Alison purchasing new vitamins before the episode was finished recording.

DISCLAIMER: The views in this podcast are our opinions based on personal experience and our research and are not intended to substitute for medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

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Drink Recipe: Stu's Bloody Mary

Stu's Bloody Mary Kit Giveway live now on our Instagram!

Enough is Enough: Stop Wasting Money on Vitamin and Mineral Supplements (Annals of Internal Medicine)
Study: Antioxidant supplementation increases the risk of skin cancers in women but not in men
Study: Teratogenicity of High Vitamin A Intake
How to spot a synthetic vitamin

Do not trust the front of the label! If as little as 10% of the product may be natural and they will write natural on the bottle.  Look for 100% natural on the label, which may or may not be there even if it is 100% natural.
Search for ingredients starting with a "dl" - these are synthetic
Find words that end with “ate” and “ide” (retinyl palmitATE (vitamin A), Thiamine HydrochlorIDE (B1) - these are synthetic
If it says the vitamin by itself (i.e. Vitamin C) and doesn’t list where it came from this is synthetic
Look for unnatural potency amounts (i.e. 1000% daily serving) - likely synthetic

Natural vs. Synthetic Label

If you want to continue taking a multivitamin, make it one from natural sources:

Garden of Life - great ingredients for both regular multis for men, women, and children and prenatal vitamins
Ritual (for women) - carefully sourced and focused on the top deficiencies in women

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