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¿De verdad necesitas suplementos para estar sano? ¿O solo estás pagando por la orina más cara del planeta? 💊
En este vídeo analizamos la industria global de los suplementos nutricionales, que ya mueve más de 485.000 millones de dólares al año, prometiendo energía infinita, defensas de acero y salud eterna. Pero… ¿qué dice realmente la ciencia sobre todo esto?
🔬 En este episodio te cuento:
Cómo empezó la moda de la suplementación y por qué la regulación europea deja tantos vacíos.
Los mitos populares impulsados por influencers, gurús y hasta premios Nobel como Linus Pauling con su famosa vitamina C.
Qué dicen los estudios científicos sobre multivitamínicos, antioxidantes o ginkgo biloba.
Cuándo sí funcionan los suplementos: embarazo, déficits reales, tercera edad o patologías concretas.
Y los riesgos de tomarlos “por si acaso”, incluyendo el aumento de mortalidad que muestran algunas investigaciones.
Al final del vídeo descubrirás cómo saber si realmente necesitas suplementarte y cuál es el camino más seguro hacia la salud: alimentación equilibrada, movimiento, autoconocimiento y hábitos sostenibles.
📌 Recuerda: la ciencia tiene las respuestas; el marketing, no siempre.
🌿 Suscríbete si te interesa entender cómo la bioquímica y la neurociencia explican lo que muchos llaman espiritualidad. Aquí exploramos cómo cuerpo, mente y percepción se entrelazan para vivir con más consciencia y profundidad.
📸 Sígueme también en Instagram, donde comparto contenido más cercano y cotidiano: @albertxamena
📩 Contacto: colaboracion.albertxamena@gmail.com
🤝 Apoya este proyecto y accede a beneficios exclusivos: patreon.com/AlbertXamena
✨ La ciencia puede ser el camino más bello hacia el alma. Gracias por ser parte de esta comunidad.
En este vídeo analizamos la industria global de los suplementos nutricionales, que ya mueve más de 485.000 millones de dólares al año, prometiendo energía infinita, defensas de acero y salud eterna. Pero… ¿qué dice realmente la ciencia sobre todo esto?
🔬 En este episodio te cuento:
Cómo empezó la moda de la suplementación y por qué la regulación europea deja tantos vacíos.
Los mitos populares impulsados por influencers, gurús y hasta premios Nobel como Linus Pauling con su famosa vitamina C.
Qué dicen los estudios científicos sobre multivitamínicos, antioxidantes o ginkgo biloba.
Cuándo sí funcionan los suplementos: embarazo, déficits reales, tercera edad o patologías concretas.
Y los riesgos de tomarlos “por si acaso”, incluyendo el aumento de mortalidad que muestran algunas investigaciones.
Al final del vídeo descubrirás cómo saber si realmente necesitas suplementarte y cuál es el camino más seguro hacia la salud: alimentación equilibrada, movimiento, autoconocimiento y hábitos sostenibles.
📌 Recuerda: la ciencia tiene las respuestas; el marketing, no siempre.
🌿 Suscríbete si te interesa entender cómo la bioquímica y la neurociencia explican lo que muchos llaman espiritualidad. Aquí exploramos cómo cuerpo, mente y percepción se entrelazan para vivir con más consciencia y profundidad.
📸 Sígueme también en Instagram, donde comparto contenido más cercano y cotidiano: @albertxamena
📩 Contacto: colaboracion.albertxamena@gmail.com
🤝 Apoya este proyecto y accede a beneficios exclusivos: patreon.com/AlbertXamena
✨ La ciencia puede ser el camino más bello hacia el alma. Gracias por ser parte de esta comunidad.
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00:00Boost your immune system. Energy for the whole day. Superfood, detox, natural.
00:04In 2024, the supplementation market was valued at $485 billion.
00:12485 billion dollars in English.
00:15But by 2030, they're expected to rise by 44%, to 700 billion.
00:21Some juicy facts, right?
00:22Yes, indeed. And that's what hundreds of influencers and doctors of questionable ethics think.
00:27who invent their own products and promote them.
00:30Or thousands of scientists who sell how vitamin D and vitamin K are essential for your health.
00:36Of course paid by laboratory.
00:38But it's true. Taking omega-3s will make my heart healthier.
00:41Taking vitamin C will make me better at defending myself against viruses.
00:44Today we are going to delve deeply into this whole world of supplementation.
00:49We will see what is true and what is not, according to science.
00:52And if you stay until the end, I'll probably save you several hundred euros.
00:56But first, if you enjoy this type of content, please like and subscribe.
01:00We upload content every week.
01:01Now, let's continue with the video.
01:04Vitamins for everyone.
01:07Before getting into it, we need to know exactly what this whole world of supplementation is.
01:11and all the politicking behind it.
01:14Supplements are products that contain nutrients or bioactive substances.
01:18that are complementing our diet.
01:20They can be the famous vitamins, amino acids, minerals, etc., etc.
01:24In Spain, the European Union, and virtually the entire world, they are considered food, not medicine.
01:30And therefore they do not need to demonstrate effectiveness before being sold.
01:34That's the key.
01:35If I am a pharmacist, for example, and I want to develop a cure for the flu,
01:39I have to do experiments and clinical trials to prove that my drug is actually working.
01:45But the same does not happen with supplementation.
01:47I, right now, if I want, can launch a product that I have called Albert Chamena that sells vitamin C
01:52and I can put it on the market without anyone saying anything to me.
01:55I just have to comply with the minimum regulations, ensure the labeling is correct, and make sure it's non-toxic.
02:00Result of lack of regulation.
02:02A market that is too free and with messages on labels that are too ambiguous
02:07that make you believe something that is not true.
02:09But then, where does this whole world of supplementation come from and why are so many companies behind it?
02:14So let's travel back a few hundred years.
02:16Vitamins were discovered in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
02:20Scientists like Casimir Funk give it the name, vital amine.
02:24Since they saw that it had the power to prevent diseases such as scurvy or rayitis.
02:28Too common at that time.
02:30In 1933 we began to be able to create them in the laboratory.
02:34And it was after World War II that they became fashionable.
02:36The pharmaceutical industry is born.
02:38And vitamins and minerals are starting to sell like hotcakes.
02:42And it was in the 70s that it started to become perverse.
02:45Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling releases his famous book, Vitamin C and the Common Cold.
02:50He explains that megadoses of vitamin C could prevent that cold.
02:54And boom! Multivitamin sales soared.
02:57The problem?
02:58The problem is that science never backed up Pauling's claims.
03:02People simply decided to believe him.
03:03And the industry took advantage of that.
03:05And from there we moved on to 2002, when the European Union considered them a food and not a medicine.
03:10So the industry is perfectly consolidated on the continent.
03:13Nobody stops them.
03:15Mega-flight chains, pyramid schemes, and online sales appear.
03:19And now we've reached the beginning of the video.
03:21A $485 billion industry each year.
03:26And it keeps growing.
03:27Despite these multi-million dollar businesses and their questionable ethics, to say the least,
03:31Science has followed behind, little by little investigating independently,
03:36what happens with this supplementation.
03:37And he has analyzed the real effect that taking vitamin C, K or calcium has on us.
03:42And what does science say?
03:44Well, we're going to see it right now.
03:49I would be a very poor communicator if I only focused on the bad.
03:52And leave all the good things that it has.
03:54So far we have seen how supplementation is sold, and a lot,
03:57as a solution for many ailments.
04:00But the reality, and we will see it later in this video,
04:02If you are healthy, you don't need to take anything.
04:05Still, it would be a mistake to simply add supplementation to the industry's list of lies.
04:11Science has shown that there are contexts in which yes, they are clearly important,
04:16and even save lives.
04:17Look, the human body is a perfect, highly refined machine,
04:20connected to the outside and needs food to function well.
04:24When we are healthy and have a balanced life,
04:27Your body knows how to juggle to get all the materials it needs to live well and live a long time.
04:32But there are situations in which we are much more vulnerable,
04:35and external help is a godsend.
04:37So, for example, obviously, in a person who has a deficiency of some nutrient,
04:41such as vitamin B12 or vitamin D,
04:43supplementation is key.
04:45Although, before continuing to take pills chronically,
04:48It would be interesting to know why you have this deficit.
04:50But that's another story.
04:51Another example is elderly people or pregnant women,
04:54that to be 100% healthy they need that supplementation.
04:58And then we have complex situations,
05:00such as hypertriglyceridemia,
05:02or for example when you have diarrhea, you can take antibiotics.
05:05They come in handy there too.
05:06Okay, now that we've got that out of the way,
05:08Let's now see the dark side.
05:14Imagine you walk into a pharmacy and see it.
05:16A huge bottle of multivitamins that says it.
05:20More energy, more life, more defenses.
05:23And only for 17.99.
05:25Who wouldn't want to have more energy, more life and be healthier?
05:29And only 17.99 a jar.
05:31Look, I'd be irresponsible if I didn't take it, wouldn't I?
05:34Why live in mediocrity when I can literally live longer, better, and healthier with one pill a day?
05:40Well, because reality, sadly, is not so epic.
05:43If you are healthy, multivitamins do not reduce the likelihood of cancer.
05:47They don't increase longevity, they don't give you more energy, they don't do anything.
05:50It's literally throwing money at some colorful capsules.
05:53Let's go back to the specific example of vitamin C from earlier.
05:56The Nobel Prize winner and great defender of megadoses makes it fashionable.
06:00Hundreds of thousands of people go out to buy those bottles of vitamin C so they don't get sick.
06:05Result?
06:06Decades of research later make it clear.
06:08It does not prevent colds in the general population.
06:11One thing is certain.
06:11Some studies say that taking vitamin C when you are already sick reduces the severity and length of time you are sick.
06:17Point for vitamin C.
06:19But hey, these studies, each one says a different thing, it's very inconsistent, so, well, try it if you want.
06:25And no matter which example we go to, it's always the same.
06:27In the 90s, antioxidants became very fashionable.
06:30A perfect formula for living better and preventing cancer.
06:33Today we know that it is not a lie, but that it is also counterproductive.
06:38For example, in 1996, when I was born, a curious experiment was carried out.
06:42Several universities in the United States managed to recruit 18,000 people at risk of lung cancer due to tobacco use.
06:49A large majority were given special supplements to prevent that cancer.
06:53And they just waited until 2001 to see what was happening.
06:56Well, they realized that those people who took the supplement had a higher risk of getting cancer.
07:02They immediately stopped the experiment.
07:04And in 2006 they went back to see what was happening to those people.
07:07Well, those who took the highest doses still had a higher chance of getting cancer.
07:11All that glitters is not gold, is it?
07:13Look, I don't want to scare you or disappoint you if you're a supplement enthusiast.
07:18I just want to show you that the world is more complex than we are led to believe, whether we like it or not.
07:23For better or for worse.
07:25And to finish this part I want to highlight something that has become very fashionable.
07:28Ginkgo Biloba.
07:29Promoted and sold as a natural cognitive enhancer.
07:33Better memory, better brain, everything more powerful.
07:35But again, science sees none of that.
07:38It does not improve memory, attention, or concentration.
07:41Only in some cases where people already had cognitive impairment did it help them feel better.
07:48So be careful, the lack of regulation and misleading advertising can lead you into slightly dangerous situations if you're not careful.
07:54Another quick example is that excess vitamin A causes hypervitaminosis.
07:59And that can cause birth defects in your baby if you're pregnant.
08:02But as we've said, it's a multi-billion dollar industry.
08:06In Spain alone, it moves more than 2 billion euros each year.
08:10More or less the same as luxury hospitality.
08:12And it grows at a rate of 8% per year.
08:14For investment, not so bad.
08:16Furthermore, marketing, influencers, and today's fitness culture are all working in their favor.
08:21They promise us a better life.
08:23Strengthen defenses.
08:24Have more energy to spend with our children.
08:26And now we return to the topic I brought up in the video on psychoneuroimmunology.
08:30We all want to be well and healthy.
08:32And the life we have, most of us currently, takes us away from that.
08:36And many times we feel guilty because we know it.
08:39And you know who else knows?
08:41The companies.
08:42And they play with us, with our fear.
08:44And for our part, we simply believe them.
08:46Because it's the easy thing to do.
08:47We hope so.
08:49We hope that with a simple pill a day, our lives will be much better.
08:52It's just too beautiful to throw away, isn't it?
08:55We hope it is true.
08:56And we blind ourselves so we don't see anything else.
08:59The positive part is that there is a path that leads us to that healthier life,
09:03longer-lived and with more energy.
09:05And naturally and for free.
09:06And I tell you about it on this channel practically every week.
09:09Yoga, meditation, a good diet,
09:12letting go of resentment and hatred, self-knowledge, going to a psychologist...
09:16All of this leads you to a healthier life naturally.
09:19This is the royal road to hard-hitting health.
09:22Okay, so is supplementation a scam or a useful tool?
09:25Well, as always, it is much more complex than it seems.
09:28Your body has evolved over millions of years to adapt to the resources available on Earth.
09:33If you have a balanced diet and are healthy, you don't need anything else.
09:37In other situations, however, supplementation is essential.
09:40For example, pregnant women with folic acid.
09:42The laboratories that create these supplements play with your fear
09:46and they sell you promises that they themselves know they cannot keep.
09:49and that surely if you start eating well they will come true on their own.
09:53And in fact your body is very wise.
09:55That excess calcium, vitamins or whatever will end up in the urine.
09:59The most expensive urine in the world, by the way.
10:01And now a good question might come to mind.
10:03How do I know if I'm one of those people who needs to supplement or not?
10:08Well, we're going to see that right now.
10:09The urine that is worth it.
10:13We have already seen that taking vitamins, just in case, is not only useless,
10:17but it can be dangerous, as well as a waste of communal money.
10:20Knowing whether you need to take supplements or not, and which one to take, is very easy.
10:25Go to the doctor, tell him/her your current situation
10:28and asks for a complete blood test.
10:30Your doctor will help you choose the type of supplementation you need.
10:35and whether you need it or not.
10:36And here comes a key.
10:37Supplements do not replace habits
10:40and should only be taken at specific times in your life.
10:43Eat well, move well, and think well.
10:45That's enough.
10:46But now it's your turn.
10:47Did you know all this?
10:48What surprised you the most?
10:50Tell me in the comments.
10:51Remember that we also upload videos on TikTok and Instagram.
10:53Everyone can find balance again.
10:55See you next week with more Human Perspective Sciences.
10:58Bye.
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