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| Subject: Multivitamins: who needs them? Tue Aug 07, 2012 3:52 am | |
| Popping a daily multivitamin pill could be a waste of time and money, says consumer watchdog Choice.
Healthy individuals who already eat a balanced diet but also take multivitamins could be spending money unnecessarily, an investigation by Choice found.
At 20 to 70 cents per day for multivitamin products we priced, the ‘worried well’ can spend several hundred dollars a year simply by taking a daily pill.
Although there is sometimes clinical evidence to support taking a supplement, the doses can often be way below levels required to have a significant impact, the organisation said.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/diet-and-fitness/multivitamins-who-needs-them-20120807-23qu9.html#ixzz22qQn8Wmz
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