"If you're eating two energy bars a day, plus a protein shake..............."

[velvett]

When a "normal" person goes on a diet they cut out regular soda, fast food, bagels, muffins or ice cream and they drop 10-50 lbs just like that.

The athletic folks try and eat cleaner and do more cardio.

 

[vinylgroover]

I think 'off the shelf' vitamins are the biggest scam industry of the 20th century.

 

[fogg88]

I think 'off the shelf' vitamins are the biggest scam industry of the 20th century.

please elaborate.

 

[vinylgroover]

please elaborate.

I think vitamin supplements are worthless.

 

[fogg88]

I think vitamin supplements are worthless.

Why is that?

 

[vinylgroover]

Your body absorbs 10-15% of the nutrients found in a pill.....the rest is excreted by your body.

So for every $100 you spend on pills, $90 gets pissed or shat down the toilet.

 

[Frackal]

Where is the evidence for that vinyl..?

 

[biteme]

I have seen studies that show that taking a multi-vitamin every day has numerous benefits. It's very cheap, so might as well.

 

[fogg88]

Your body absorbs 10-15% of the nutrients found in a pill.....the rest is excreted by your body.

So for every $100 you spend on pills, $90 gets pissed or shat down the toilet.

Like Frackal asked, I'd like to see where you get this from.

Are you referring to incomplete breakdown of the tablet itself? True, that can occur, but taking capsules counters that problem.

If you're referring to absorption from the gut across the GI barrier, I haven't heard of those statistics. Taking vitamins on an empty stomach may yield those results, as they must 'piggy-back' on macronutrients to cross the intestinal wall... which is why you should take them with food, not on an empty stomach.

Are you talking about cellular absorption once vitamins are actually in the bloodstream? Structurally, supplemental vitamins are no different than those found in whole-food, and your body can't tell the difference.

...or are you referring to the 'use it or lose it' aspect of water solubles that was already covered in this thread?

 

[2Thick]

Vinyl is party right.

Depending on the bioavailability of the vitamin pills, your body absorbs anywhere from nothing to most of the vitamins.

I remember someone posting an article on this board a few years ago that showed that sewers are filled with residue from vitamin tabs that were not fully digested.

Only certain high quality vitamins are very high in bioavailability. Most are almost as bad as throwing your money down the sewer.