Do You Need Supplements for a Health Diet?
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 14 July 2020
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Do you need to take a multivitamin or supplement or can you get all the vitamins and nutrients you need from food? That is a question that millions are wondering and also something that vitamin companies are counting on. The global supplement industry is worth more than $120 billion as people turn to the vitamin aisle rather than the produce aisle.
On this episode of The Exam Room™, Dr. Neal Barnard joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll to settle the great vitamin debate. You will learn how to eat a healthy diet to ensure your body gets nearly everything it needs from the food on your plate and the vitamins you should still be stocking up on even when eating a plant-based diet.
Dr. Barnard also discusses whether the coronavirus can be found on the meat and fish being sold in your local grocery store! Multiple studies have shown people are going home with a lot more than they bargained for.
Plus, Olympian Dotsie Bausch returns to the show! She and Chuck discuss the growing number of elite athletes who are ditching dairy and making the Switch 4 Good! As certain as she is that she has a medal to her name, Dotsie is equally certain that talk of dairy being essential for strong bones is a bunch of hot air. Simply put, milk does a body bad!
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Switch 4 Good
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Chuck Carroll
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Dr. Neal Barnard
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Physicians Committee
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Barnard Medical Center Telemedicine
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| 0:00.0 | Rule of thumb, if you're getting 20 minutes or so of good direct sunlight on your face |
| 0:04.0 | and arms every day, that's typically thought to give you the vitamin D to need. |
| 0:08.0 | If you're getting more than that for fewer days per week, you still could be okay. |
| 0:12.2 | Many doctors like me are impressed by vitamin D's ability to not just help you absorb calcium, |
| 0:17.9 | but it may have an anti-cancer effect. |
| 0:19.9 | Well, hello there, and welcome to the Exam Room Podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:32.9 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:35.9 | Thanks so much for giving the show a listen this week, or a view, or a download. |
| 0:40.9 | Wherever it is in the world that you are, we appreciate the fact that you are here. |
| 0:48.9 | On tap today, a couple of very interesting conversations with Dr. Neil Barnard. |
| 0:54.9 | First up, vitamins and a healthy diet. |
| 0:58.9 | What supplements do we really need? |
| 1:01.9 | Who needs them? Who should be taking them? |
| 1:03.9 | He has the lowdown on everything, including vitamin B12. |
| 1:09.9 | Now, I want to tell you about a poll that was conducted last year by the American Osteopathic Association. |
| 1:17.9 | And what that poll showed was that 86% of adults in the U.S. take vitamin or a supplement every day. |
| 1:27.9 | So why is that? |
| 1:30.9 | Well, some interesting findings there. |
| 1:33.9 | Only half of them are taking that on advice from a doctor. |
| 1:37.9 | 40% taking them just because of something they may have read online or stumped across on social media. |
| 1:45.9 | But here's where it really gets interesting. |
| 1:49.9 | About one out of every five are making those choices to take supplements based off of the recommendation of a friend or a family member. |
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