Vitamins & Supplements - Are They Worth It?

Science Vs

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Education, Science, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 12.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2017

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Americans spend billions of dollars on vitamins and supplements, but are they worth it? We look at the science behind some of the most popular supplements with nutritional epidemiologist Prof. Katherine Tucker, neuroscientist Dr. Simon Dyall, and medical researcher Dr. Mark Bolland. Our Sponsors: G Suite | WP Engine Credits: This episode has been produced by Wendy Zukerman, Heather Rogers, and Shruti Ravindran. Production assistance from Rose Rimler. Our senior producer is Kaitlyn Sawrey. Edited by Blythe Terrell with help from Alex Blumberg. Fact checking by Michelle Harris. Sound design by Martin Peralta and Bobby Lord. Music written by Bobby Lord. An extra thanks to the Zukerman Family, Joseph Lavelle Wilson, Chris Giliberti, Jasmine Romero, Matthew Nelson, Stevie Lane, Dr Harri Hemilä, Stephanie from the New York State Library and Dr Rajaprabhakaran Rajarethinam. Selected Reading:The history of fortified foodsThe Institute of Medicine Report on calcium and Vitamin DSurvey on vitamin shopping habits in the USSimon’s paper on Omega 3 and spinal cord injuries in ratsMark’s work on calciumThis whopper of a study on multivitamins Check out the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2rlrpnZ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Oh, here it is! This is it! The vitamin I.
0:04.4	Oh!
0:06.4	Vitamin A, vitamin B6, multi plus omega, multi for her plus omega, multi for him plus omega.
0:15.3	Oh, we're in vitamin C land. This is Fish Oil Land.
0:19.4	There's been a funny way to start reading the packets, like, do I need that?
0:22.7	Hi, I'm Wendy Zuckerman and you're listening to Science Versus from Gimlet Media.
0:29.2	The show where we pit facts against gummy fish oil.
0:35.4	On today's show, vitamins and supplements.
0:40.2	The vitamin and supplement industry makes billions of dollars each year,
0:44.4	telling us that we'll live longer, healthy lives by popping their pills.
0:49.6	So, seeing your producer, Caitlin Sorry, and I, thought we'd check out the claims at the pharmacy.
0:55.5	Oh, enhances the immune system.
0:57.4	Supports natural energy levels.
0:59.4	Sounds like you need something, then.
1:00.6	I definitely do.
1:02.5	Hey, Katie, look, I found one for your mum.
1:04.3	Supports flexibility.
1:05.8	Helps lubricate and protects joints.
1:07.9	That's what your mum needs.
1:11.9	But what is the best science on how helpful these products really are?
1:17.3	That's what we're going to dive into today.
1:19.8	We're going to answer the following questions.
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