Multivitamins, Good/Bad?

[Naeem]

I remember reading a thread a while back, and there was alot of mixed opinions on vitamins. Its basically been stuck in my head for a while.

Someone posted an article where a man/mouse (I'm not sure which it was) was fed natural and synthetic vitamin A. Excessive dosages of the natural didnt do anything to the man/mouse, but the synthetic caused blindness.

Also apparently over the counter vitamins are banned in certain countries as well. And there was a big thing here on EF here 6 months ago or so, where pharmaceutical lobbyists were/are trying to get rid of over the counter vitamins from stores here as well, and they urged us to send mail to congress and stuff (I'm canadian, so I'm not sure who you send that stuff to).

Now, noones arguing that natural vitamins are bad, from fruits, veggies and such. But I really wonder if the synthetic shit we eat can be any good at all, I mean really, its a synthetic, how CAN it be good?

What do you guys think? After reading that long thread a while ago I pretty much stopped taking vitamins, and try to stick to fruits/veggies, but I still wonder really. Any opinions/articles would be much appreciated. Thanks guys.

 

[brunette]

i don't bother.as you said synthetic, and tbh, they usually end up being weed out lol. sorry i can't elaborate, but i'm rushed for time.

 

[anthrax]

Natural form is always better than synthetic

Sometimes it is just as good

Sometimes you can't find enough dosage in the nature, hence a pill

As for the drug companies, their only concerns is their profits, not your health (actually if you're sick they'll be able to sell you even more stuff)