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I’ve gone back and forth on taking a multivitamin since I know my diet isn’t all that great. Ideally I should be working to improve that diet but let’s say due to certain circumstances that’s a bit difficult at the moment.

Would it be worth taking a 1 a day multivitamin to at least correct some possible deficiency or is it very unlikely that it would have any effect?

Not asking for professional medical advice or anything, mostly looking to see if anyone else is taking a multivitamin and if so why?

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[-] TimeMuncher2@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I take it when i have some symptoms of vitamin deficiency like if you're sitting in one place and get up and you feel some weird sensation in the legs or hands. Like hundreds of ants running inside the veins. Or when I forget to drink water and get dehydrated and the body loses vitamins. I usually don't take such meds.

[-] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Currently I’m in the process of figuring out if I actually need extra vitamins. I’m using a food tracking app that also includes vitamins and minerals, not just fats and carbs like most apps do. It’s a lot of work, but I’m not planning to do this forever.

So far, I’ve found out that vitamin A and D might come in handy, but everything else seems fine.

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Depends on how significant the deficiency is. If it's pretty bad, you would probably be better off taking supplements of just that thing along with the daily multi. Or even changing your diet if it's really extreme or caused by how you eat (like a vitamin d deficiency from not eating greens, going outside or drinking milk).

[-] sugarfree@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

They taste good, sometimes.

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[-] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Is "moving money" = "doing a thing"? :-)

[-] Absolutemehperson@lemmy.world -2 points 1 year ago

Multivitamins are pretty much like the train to Hogwarts. They only work if you believe they work!

[-] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I look at them the way Voltaire looked at going to church. To paraphrase (going from memory here), "If heaven exists then by going to church every Sunday I've saved my soul, if it doesn't then I've only lost a few hours every Sunday." Multivitamins are cheap enough that I can take them on a "just in case" condition.

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[-] Chickenstalker@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago

Do you live in the God Forsaken northern lands? If so, vitamins can be beneficial during your Hellish Winters that humans are not supposed to inhabit. Migrate to sunnier climes.

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