00:00want glowing skin glossy hair better sleep longer life why don't you take a vitamin supplement if
00:10you have heard this advice before you're not alone from doctors to tick tock influencers
00:15everyone is recommending supplements and you can choose what kind pills injections gummies even
00:21cutesy patches together they make up a multi-billion dollar global market in 2022 it stood at 48 billion
00:3048 billion multivitamins by the end of this decade it is poised to reach 85 billion dollars
00:36but can multivitamins really hack your health should all of us be taking them to understand
00:42this let's go back to basics our bodies need different kind of nutrients carbohydrates proteins
00:49fats vitamins and minerals and these last two vitamins and minerals are called micronutrients
00:55because we need them in small amounts but they're important nonetheless for instance we need vitamin
01:01c for a healthy immune system we need vitamin a for good eyesight and skin as for minerals we need
01:07calcium for stronger bones and magnesium for good muscle function so vitamins and minerals are crucial
01:14but the problem is our bodies do not make them we get them from food from a healthy diet and we already
01:22know this but not many of us eat healthy food so enter supplements they promise to bridge the gap to
01:29satisfy some of our nutritional needs and sometimes they do there is evidence that popping multivitamin
01:36pills can help studies have shown a slightly lower risk of cancer and heart disease a big reduction in
01:42cognitive decline some even show slower aging and yet supplements are a controversial topic because for
01:51every study that shows you the benefits there are many more telling you the complete opposite for
01:57instance research also shows that multivitamins do not improve heart health do not reduce the risk of
02:03certain cancers and make no difference to your life span plus if you consume too much of them there are big
02:09risks for instance if people take too much vitamin d they can suffer from seizures coma and even death
02:17excess of vitamin a can cause blurred vision nausea dizziness even coma and death so supplements can be a
02:24dangerous proposition and this is not because all supplements are bad but because their dosage is often
02:31incorrect so people end up mega dosing overdosing maybe because they do not know when to stop or because they buy
02:40tainted unregulated products like the ones often pushed on social media they can contain 500 even 1000 percent of
02:48the recommended allowance so coming back to the original question do you really need vitamin supplements
02:54again the answer is complicated after all science is still debating the benefits and sometimes things
03:00can go very wrong so there is no one right answer but here's what you can do first unlearn the myths we have
03:09all heard that vitamin c can cure a cold or that overdosing on it can save you from cancer or heart disease none of
03:16which is true this theory has been debunked so do your homework secondly talk to a doctor whom you trust
03:24too many of us take too many supplements look at the numbers in india 71 percent people take supplements
03:31in the u.s 74 percent in australia nearly half the population but a majority of us do not need them
03:39because if if one thing if there's one thing that science is clear on it is this supplements help but
03:48only in specific cases like with vegans pregnant or older people and in limited doses for most of us a
03:58healthy diet is the answer because it is more than sufficient it gives us all the nutrients we need plus it
04:04works fast because vitamins from food are absorbed more easily which is why multivitamins have a nickname
04:12expensive urine so simply put not enough is known about many supplements their risks their benefits or
04:21their correct dosage and what's on the packaging can be very different from what's inside the product so
04:27always check with your doctor use caution and know that there is no magic pill for good health
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