OK, let's get one thing straight: vitamins and supplements ARE USEFUL.
The article seems to focus on them as cures - which they are not. Saying that a vitamin is a cure for anything is like saying a loaf of bread is a cure.
Vitamins are fuel - the more intense activities you do, the more you use them.
IF you have a good diet, you don't need multivitamins/supplements. But if you have a homogenous diet (eat the same thing every day and nothing else), then vitamins and supplements are much more useful than harmful.
Moreover, no matter what diet you have, if you do bodybuilding or intensive physical or mental exertion, vitamins and minerals from supplements are almost a must.
It's like using normal fuel vs jet fuel - no matter how good your bioreactor (stomach) is, it just cannot extract all the vitamins and minerals you need for that kind of exertion.
Most bodybuilders know that a dose of pure protein powder is much more effective for muscle building than any amount of meat or cheese. Same goes for glutamine and other supplements, and of course vitamins.
The article also focuses on megadoses - well, no s#@t, a megadose of anything is bad for you. 3 grams of vitamin C per day is batshit insane in my book - 500-1000mg is more than enough.
But don't just take what I said at face value. Like Einstein said, don't trust everything you read on the Internet - check with several different sources, read some research abstracts before making up your mind and storing ANY information as true in your brain.
> Vitamins are fuel - the more intense activities you do, the more you use them.
Vitamins aren't an energy source. They're not burned up.
> if you do bodybuilding or intensive physical or mental exertion, vitamins and minerals from supplements are almost a must.
No they're not. You've been listening to too many bros.
> Most bodybuilders know that a dose of pure protein powder is much more effective for muscle building than any amount of meat or cheese
Most bodybuilders are clueless bros that don't actually read scientific research. Yes, the bioavailability of whey protein powder may be higher than other protein sources but there is very little evidence to suggest it's "much" more effective for building muscle. Possibly more effective before and after a workout, not at other times. There isn't much research into it outside of the workout window either.
> Same goes for glutamine and other supplements, and of course vitamins.
Nope, nope, and nope. There's absolutely no scientific evidence that glutamine is helpful to bodybuilders.
> IF you have a good diet, you don't need multivitamins/supplements. But if you have a homogenous diet (eat the same thing every day and nothing else), then vitamins and supplements are much more useful than harmful.
This is exactly what the article is contesting, but I think the confusion is mostly a semantic one. If "vitamin" means "molecules necessary for good health" then you are right. If "vitamin" means the typical molecules found in multivitamins then the science supports the article's claim.
The article seems to focus on them as cures - which they are not. Saying that a vitamin is a cure for anything is like saying a loaf of bread is a cure.
Vitamins are fuel - the more intense activities you do, the more you use them.
IF you have a good diet, you don't need multivitamins/supplements. But if you have a homogenous diet (eat the same thing every day and nothing else), then vitamins and supplements are much more useful than harmful.
Moreover, no matter what diet you have, if you do bodybuilding or intensive physical or mental exertion, vitamins and minerals from supplements are almost a must.
It's like using normal fuel vs jet fuel - no matter how good your bioreactor (stomach) is, it just cannot extract all the vitamins and minerals you need for that kind of exertion.
Most bodybuilders know that a dose of pure protein powder is much more effective for muscle building than any amount of meat or cheese. Same goes for glutamine and other supplements, and of course vitamins.
The article also focuses on megadoses - well, no s#@t, a megadose of anything is bad for you. 3 grams of vitamin C per day is batshit insane in my book - 500-1000mg is more than enough.
But don't just take what I said at face value. Like Einstein said, don't trust everything you read on the Internet - check with several different sources, read some research abstracts before making up your mind and storing ANY information as true in your brain.