{"id":286961,"date":"2016-12-23T17:59:07","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T16:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/the-trouble-with-multivitamins\/"},"modified":"2016-12-23T17:59:07","modified_gmt":"2016-12-23T16:59:07","slug":"the-trouble-with-multivitamins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/the-trouble-with-multivitamins\/","title":{"rendered":"The Trouble With Multivitamins"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<ul>\n<li id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482089263003_298895\" class=\"yiv2891757944MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482089263003_298894\" class=\"yiv2891757944\">Multivitamins present the most practical and economical opportunity for the public to make up for gaps in the high calorie\/nutrient insufficient American diet.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yiv2891757944MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Despite alleged claims multivitamins increase mortality rates, they are safer than tap water, table salt, and aspirin.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yiv2891757944MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">The US Department of Agriculture provides an online resource that confirms hundreds of millions of Americans are deficient in essential vitamins and minerals.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yiv2891757944MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Blood tests to determine nutrient adequacy are notoriously inaccurate and only represent recent consumption.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yiv2891757944MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">The suggestion to eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day fell flat in lowering mortality rates for cancer and heart disease.\u00a0\u00a0 There is no practical way the best diet is going to meet all your nutritional needs all of the time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yiv2891757944MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Modern medicine continues to address every malady as if it were a drug deficiency when they are often rooted in nutrient shortages and imbalances.\u00a0 Drugs are inappropriately used to address symptoms of nutrient deficiency and therefore the public never gets well.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yiv2891757944MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Modern medicine and the FDA have a long-standing war against multivitamins.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yiv2891757944MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">For prevention, modern medicine offers baby aspirin, statin cholesterol-lowering drugs and Polypills (3 classes of low-dose drugs \u2013 aspirin, statin, 3 blood pressure-lowering drugs), all which are ineffective and pose the problem of side effects.\u00a0 These preventives plus over the counter anti-inflammatory drugs kill thousands of Americans every year even when properly used.\u00a0 An apple a day lowers mortality rates better than any of these drugs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yiv2891757944MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Even though the Supplement Facts panel on multivitamins says \u201c100% of the Daily Value,\u201d it is misleading and creates a false sense of adequacy.\u00a0 Most multivitamin users purchase cheaply priced ($5\/month) products that are labeled to provide 100% of The Daily Value.\u00a0 The most expensive vitamin supplement is one that does not work.\u00a0 (Also, the two major brands of multivitamins are offered by drug companies, in case you wanted to know. Keep the people malnourished.\u00a0 It sells more drugs.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yiv2891757944MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Many supplement users are attracted to exotic herbs and supplements while ignoring shortages of essential nutrients.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yiv2891757944MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Despite the great promise of multivitamins they continue to disappoint because they have not been updated to correlate with the latest science.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yiv2891757944MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Multivitamins do not address the problem of poor absorption due to declining secretion of stomach acid with advancing age.\u00a0 There are forms of lettered vitamins and minerals that exhibit superior absorption compared to nutrients provided in common multivitamins.<span class=\"amazon-element-wrapper-custom align-right\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-med-image\"><span class=\"amazon-image-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/New-Truth-About-Vitamins-Minerals\/dp\/0970564082%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA%26tag%3Dlewrockwell%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0970564082\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41X6Q-BzQjL._SL160_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"amazon-image amazon-image-medium\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-title\"><span class=\"appip-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/New-Truth-About-Vitamins-Minerals\/dp\/0970564082%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA%26tag%3Dlewrockwell%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0970564082\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The New Truth About Vi&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-author\">Bill Sardi<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-lowest-used\"><span class=\"appip-lowest-used\"><span class=\"appip-label label-lowest-used\">Best Price: <\/span>$0.01<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-formatted-price\"><span class=\"appip-formatted-price\"><span class=\"appip-label label-formatted-price\">Buy New <\/span>$1.83<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-button\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/aws\/cart\/add.html?AssociateTag=lewrockwell&amp;SubscriptionId=AKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA&amp;ASIN.1=0970564082&amp;Quantity.1=1\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/amazon-ad-link-lr\/img\/buy-from-tan.gif\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yiv2891757944MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Multivitamins do not encompass the newly gained knowledge that foods and supplements need to promote healthy gut bacteria if a state of health is to be maintained.\u00a0 Symptomless low-grade inflammation in the gut is a hallmark of aging.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yiv2891757944MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Multivitamins need to provide nutrients that inhibit over-clotting of blood like wine does.\u00a0 Blood clots are a primary feature of strokes, heart attacks and cancer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yiv2891757944MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Multivitamins need to include low-dose polyphenols from grapes, apples and spices (resveratrol, quercetin, cloves, etc.) that are small molecules that favorably alter hundreds of genes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yiv2891757944MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Multivitamins can provide supplemental nucleotides (steps on the DNA ladder) to facilitate DNA repair.\u00a0 Few multivitamins do.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yiv2891757944MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Avid health seekers learn about dietary supplement ingredients one at a time and often end up with 20+ bottles of pills on their breakfast table.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yiv2891757944MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">A <\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"http:\/\/lifespannutritionannex.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">well-made multivitamin<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\"> can reduce the number of pills that elite supplement users consume on a daily basis and consolidation should reduce costs.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">The latest in a series of articles that disparage multivitamins is written by, of all people, a comedian.\u00a0 [<\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alex_Riley_(comedian)\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Wikipedia<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">] However, the battle to rectify widespread nutrient deficiencies in the US population is no laughing matter.\u00a0 Alex Riley, comic and writer for the BBC, penned a recent article entitled \u201cWhy vitamin pills don\u2019t work and may be bad for you.\u201d [<\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/story\/20161208-why-vitamin-supplements-could-kill-you\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">BBC News<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\"> Dec 8, 2016]<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">I won\u2019t give blind approval of multivitamins because, as explained below, for a variety of reasons they often don\u2019t live up to their promise of filling nutrient gaps in the diet and improving the healthspan and lifespan of Americans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">However, nothing could be farther from the truth in regard to multivitamin supplement safety.\u00a0 In fact, poison control center data shows dietary supplements to be safer than tap water, table salt, and aspirin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Despite conjured up claims vitamin pills increase the risk for death, habitual use of multivitamins is potentially the most effective practice at filling nutritional gaps in the American diet and the best bargain among all dietary supplements. \u00a0It would cost many times more to purchase all the ingredients in a multivitamin individually.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><b class=\"yiv2891757944\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">The war against multivitamins<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">The FDAs war on multivitamins dates back to the 1940s when Adolphus Hohensee, a so-called huckster, promoted vitamin tablets to make up for over-processed foods and crops that were depleted of nutrients.\u00a0 [<\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/2011\/09\/bill-sardi\/the-fda-escalates-its-war-on-health-freedom\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">LewRockwell.com<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">] Hohensee had foresight.\u00a0 Today we know his sales pitch to supplement the processed American diet with vitamin pills was correct.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Modern attacks against multivitamins date back nearly a decade. [<\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/02\/17\/health\/17well.html\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">New York Times<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">, Feb 16, 2009] And it\u2019s not that they don\u2019t have any scientific backing.\u00a0 It is just when you look behind the curtains, you wonder what all the fuss was about.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">The major finding with multivitamins in regard to the reduction of mortality is that they are just ineffective, not problematic.\u00a0 [<\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/25527758\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">American Journal Clinical Nutrition<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\"> Jan 2015; <\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/24490264\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Annals Internal Medicine<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\"> Dec 17, 2013; <\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23162860\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Journal American Medical Assn<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">. Nov 14, 2012] A newly published review concludes multivitamins generally produce only transient and minor side effects and do not increase mortality. [<\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/27553772\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Nutrition<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\"> Jan 2017]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmi-gold-silver.com\/gold-confiscation-1933\/?utm_source=LRC&amp;utm_medium=textad&amp;utm_campaign=Myths\">Myths, Misunderstandings and Outright lies about owning Gold. Are you at risk? <\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Biased criticism of dietary supplements reached its peak in February of 2014 when the Annals of Internal Medicine slammed multivitamins with its now infamous \u201cenough is enough\u201d editorial.\u00a0 [<\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"http:\/\/annals.org\/aim\/article\/1789253\/enough-enough-stop-wasting-money-vitamin-mineral-supplements\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Annals Internal Medicine<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\"> 2014]\u00a0 The Annals report was strongly rebutted by this author. [<\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"http:\/\/knowledgeofhealth.com\/vitamins-enough-of-enough-is-enough\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Knowledge of Health<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\"> Feb 24, 2014]<span class=\"amazon-element-wrapper-custom align-right\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-med-image\"><span class=\"amazon-image-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Users-Guide-Eye-Health-Supplements\/dp\/B00FFB9U00%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA%26tag%3Dlewrockwell%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB00FFB9U00\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41RSpq1lk2L._SL160_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"amazon-image amazon-image-medium\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-title\"><span class=\"appip-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Users-Guide-Eye-Health-Supplements\/dp\/B00FFB9U00%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA%26tag%3Dlewrockwell%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB00FFB9U00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">User&#8217;s Guide to Eye He&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-author\">By (author) Bill Sardi<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-lowest-used\"><span class=\"appip-lowest-used\"><span class=\"appip-label label-lowest-used\">Best Price: <\/span>$35.07<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-formatted-price\"><span class=\"appip-formatted-price\"><span class=\"appip-label label-formatted-price\">Buy New <\/span>$10.25<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-button\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/aws\/cart\/add.html?AssociateTag=lewrockwell&amp;SubscriptionId=AKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA&amp;ASIN.1=B00FFB9U00&amp;Quantity.1=1\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/amazon-ad-link-lr\/img\/buy-from-tan.gif\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">I won\u2019t go into full rebuttal mode here as I have addressed the falsehoods that vitamins increase the risk of death and other mistaken criticisms in prior postings.\u00a0 [Knowledge of Health <\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"http:\/\/knowledgeofhealth.com\/no-study-taking-too-many-vitamins-may-increase-cancer-risk\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">April 23 2015<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">; <\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"http:\/\/knowledgeofhealth.com\/vitamins-enough-of-enough-is-enough\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Feb 24, 2014<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">; <\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"http:\/\/knowledgeofhealth.com\/shall-we-slam-the-door-on-multivitamins-once-and-for-all\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Jan 6, 2014<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">; <\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"http:\/\/knowledgeofhealth.com\/multivitamins-often-poorly-formulated-weakly-dosed-and-unbalanced-unfairly-slammed-in-recent-analysis\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Dec 18, 2013<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">; <\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"http:\/\/knowledgeofhealth.com\/reassessment-of-vitamin-c-therapy-and-cancer\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">April 8, 2016<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">;\u00a0 <\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"http:\/\/knowledgeofhealth.com\/the-vitamin-c-fanatics-were-right-all-along\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">March 7, 2016<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">]<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><b class=\"yiv2891757944\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">High-calorie malnutrition<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">One of the obviously mistaken assumptions is that because Americans are well fed they must be well nourished and have no need for vitamin pills.\u00a0 What we have in this modern era is what Dr. Derrick Lonsdale calls \u201chigh-calorie malnutrition\u201d (also known as empty calorie syndrome). [<\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"http:\/\/austinpublishinggroup.com\/nutrition-food-sciences\/fulltext\/ajnfs-v3-id1061.php\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b class=\"yiv2891757944\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Error! Hyperlink reference not valid.<\/span><\/b><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\"> 2015]\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><b class=\"yiv2891757944\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Not convinced you need to take vitamin pills?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">In case you\u2019re not convinced and think you are being oversold on the need for vitamin pills, take a gander at the US Department of Agriculture online tool where health-minded consumers can search to learn just how prevalent a deficiency of a particular vitamin or mineral is in the population.\u00a0 [<\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ars.usda.gov\/northeast-area\/beltsville-md\/beltsville-human-nutrition-research-center\/docs\/california\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">USDA.gov<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">]<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">I\u2019ve consolidated that USDA data and report that more than 100 million Americans out of a 325 million population are deficient in each of the following essential vitamins and minerals: magnesium, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin B9 (folic acid), zinc and potassium.\u00a0 Millions more Americans are deficient in vitamin B1, B3, and B12.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><b class=\"yiv2891757944\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Still, think you are being duped into taking vitamin pills?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482089263003_298876\" class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482089263003_298875\" class=\"yiv2891757944\">If you still think you are being duped into relying on vitamin pills and you will get your doctor to order blood tests to reveal any nutrient deficiencies, think again.\u00a0 Blood tests only reveal recent consumption.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Testing laboratories provide an interpretation of your blood\/nutrient levels as to whether you are in the normal reference range, i.e. normally occurring range.\u00a0 But if nearly everyone is deficient, which is often the case for vitamins C and D and minerals zinc and magnesium, you may fall into the normal inadequate range.\u00a0 In your eyes, your blood test is normal.\u00a0 The reference range couldn\u2019t be further from providing you the truth about your nutritional needs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">For example, frequently people who are vitamin B12 deficient find their blood test is in the normal range but supplementation with vitamin B12 produces noticeable improvements in short-term memory, relief of backaches, insidious cough, unrelenting fatigue and sore tongue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Some nutrients like magnesium are largely found in tissues and bone, not the blood.\u00a0 Zinc is often bound to a binding protein (metallothionein), rendering it non-bioavailable.\u00a0 Blood tests of nutrients are abysmally inaccurate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><b class=\"yiv2891757944\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">5-A-Day failed<span class=\"amazon-element-wrapper-custom align-right\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-med-image\"><span class=\"amazon-image-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Downsizing-Your-Body-Industrial-Americans\/dp\/B00ZT13A2U%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA%26tag%3Dlewrockwell%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB00ZT13A2U\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51ao1qS4xCL._SL160_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"amazon-image amazon-image-medium\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-title\"><span class=\"appip-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Downsizing-Your-Body-Industrial-Americans\/dp\/B00ZT13A2U%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA%26tag%3Dlewrockwell%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB00ZT13A2U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Downsizing Your Body -&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-author\">Bill Sardi<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-lowest-used\"><span class=\"appip-lowest-used\"><span class=\"appip-label label-lowest-used\">Best Price: <\/span>$4.91<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-formatted-price\"><span class=\"appip-formatted-price\"><span class=\"appip-label label-formatted-price\">Buy New <\/span>$65.90<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-button\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/aws\/cart\/add.html?AssociateTag=lewrockwell&amp;SubscriptionId=AKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA&amp;ASIN.1=B00ZT13A2U&amp;Quantity.1=1\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/amazon-ad-link-lr\/img\/buy-from-tan.gif\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Nutritional gaps in the American diet are highly prevalent yet public health authorities and the BBCs Mr. Riley continue to mindlessly suggest we all be good boys and girls and consume 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day, which should be sufficient to meet nutrient needs they say.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">However, the 5-A-Day program fell flat on its promise to lower the mortality rate for cancer and health authorities never really confessed to its failure.\u00a0 The disappointing results were sheepishly announced in an overseas medical journal. [<\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/340\/bmj.c1944.extract?sid=04a8a10a-784a-4b8e-8dfa-ea03c721d1ae\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">British Medical Journal<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\"> 2010]<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">No, you are not being duped by a bunch of con-men into taking multivitamin pills.\u00a0 [<\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/2011\/09\/bill-sardi\/the-fda-escalates-its-war-on-health-freedom\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">LewRockwell.com<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">]<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><b class=\"yiv2891757944\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Modern medicine presumes your maladies emanate from a drug deficiency.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Suffice to say modern medicine utilizes a lot of drugs and profits handsomely from diseases that have their origins in nutritional shortages and imbalances. \u00a0The fact the biological action of most drugs can be replicated with vitamins, minerals, herbals and amino acids is instructive.\u00a0 Americans are being gamed.\u00a0 Offer Americans drugs to quell the symptoms caused by nutrient deficiencies.\u00a0 Then they will never get well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><b class=\"yiv2891757944\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">The great disappointment: multivitamins<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Enough said on the crying need to take vitamin supplements.\u00a0 A prevalent problem is that multivitamins may not live up to their promise to fill nutrient gaps and adequately nourish a population of Americans for the following reasons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Most multivitamins today:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">(a) Have not been updated to match changing nutritional science;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">(b) Do not correlate with nutrient intake levels from foods and published adequate intake levels;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">(c) Do not take into consideration poor absorption due to lack of stomach acid secretion with advancing age;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">(d) Do not encompass the new understanding of the need to promote healthy gut bacteria;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">(e) Do not tap into newly identified ways to molecularly slow down the aging process.<span class=\"amazon-element-wrapper-custom align-right last-count\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-med-image\"><span class=\"amazon-image-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Anti-Aging-125-year-Scientists-Longevity-Molecule\/dp\/B002XFHZNA%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA%26tag%3Dlewrockwell%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB002XFHZNA\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41vALSawDFL._SL160_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"amazon-image amazon-image-medium\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-title\"><span class=\"appip-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Anti-Aging-125-year-Scientists-Longevity-Molecule\/dp\/B002XFHZNA%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA%26tag%3Dlewrockwell%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB002XFHZNA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Anti-Aging Pill, I&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-author\">Bill Sardi<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-lowest-used\"><span class=\"appip-lowest-used\"><span class=\"appip-label label-lowest-used\">Best Price: <\/span>$39.99<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-button\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/aws\/cart\/add.html?AssociateTag=lewrockwell&amp;SubscriptionId=AKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA&amp;ASIN.1=B002XFHZNA&amp;Quantity.1=1\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/amazon-ad-link-lr\/img\/buy-from-tan.gif\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">(f) Multivitamins are formulated to provide the Daily Value that was designed for totally healthy Americans, not to meet the increased demands for nutrients among people who are chronically diseased, who take nutrient-depleting medications, who are hospitalized or in nursing homes, who smoke tobacco, abuse alcohol, eat too much sugar and carbohydrates, who are under physical or emotional stress, and who are diabetic. (Who\u2019s left?)\u00a0 100% of the Daily Value is totally misleading as to what you personally need to stay healthy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><b class=\"yiv2891757944\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Essential nutrients versus exotic dietary supplements<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Furthermore, to add to the problem many avid supplement users get distracted with exotic herbals in preference over nutrients that are essential for life.\u00a0 The priority should be to fill dietary shortages of essential nutrients first, the lettered vitamins and essential minerals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">I talked to a man on the telephone recently whose supplement regimen consisted of ginseng, rhodiola, mushroom extract and hydrogen water, along with red yeast rice and bee pollen.\u00a0 No essential nutrients in his daily supplement regimen whatsoever and he wanted to know why he had anxiety and chronic pain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><b class=\"yiv2891757944\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Modern medicine\u2019s ineffective and problematic remedies<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">In lieu of multivitamins, modern medicine foists its own ineffective and problematic remedies on the public.\u00a0 Aspirin, in particular, baby aspirin (81 mg) is largely ineffective in preventing a heart attack.\u00a0 And any size aspirin tablet can induce bleeding gastric ulcers or brain hemorrhage. [<\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"http:\/\/multivu.prnewswire.com\/mnr\/longevinex\/42390\/docs\/42390-HeartAttackAspirinDosage.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">American Journal Medicine<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\"> 2010]<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">More than 50 million Americans inappropriately take an aspirin for prevention of a heart attack. [<\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"http:\/\/www.onlinejacc.org\/content\/65\/2\/111\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Journal American College Cardiology<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\"> Jan 2015]\u00a0 Aspirin is said to kill 400% more Americans than the flu (20,000 estimated deaths per year).\u00a0 [<\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/9715832\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">American Journal Medicine<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\"> July 27, 1998]<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">There is no benefit in taking a statin cholesterol-lowering drug if your risk for a heart attack or stroke is less than 20% over the next 10 years.\u00a0 [<\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/24149819\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">British Medical Journal<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\"> Oct 22, 2013] Over 4 out of 10 statin drug users are forced to cease taking them due to side effects.\u00a0 [<\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nejm.org\/doi\/full\/10.1056\/NEJMoa1410489\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">New England Journal Medicine<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\"> June 24, 2015]\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">The Polypill is modern medicine\u2019s equivalent to a multivitamin.\u00a0 It is a combination low-dose aspirin (ineffective\/problematic), a statin cholesterol-lowering drug (ineffective\/problematic) and 3 blood pressure lowering medications (ineffective or you would need 3 of them\/also problematic.\u00a0 About 10% of subjects taking the Polypill will develop a chronic cough from taking one of the blood pressure medications (lisinopril). [<\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2789023\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Journal Royal Society Medicine<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\"> Dec 1, 2009]<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">In a large study (1813 subjects) the combination of any two of three medicines (statin, aspirin, blood pressure drug) was ineffective.\u00a0 All three were required to reduce the risk of a heart attack or stroke, which increases the risk for side effects. <\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23895811\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">[American Heart Journal<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\"> Aug 2013]\u00a0 Patient compliance is also low with Polypills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><b class=\"yiv2891757944\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Multivitamins: buying on price, not quality<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Another problem is that consumers generally buy multivitamins based on price, not quality, spending $32-62 a year.\u00a0 That amounts to $5\/month.\u00a0 [<\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cfp.ca\/content\/59\/8\/847.long#ref-11\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Canadian Family Physician<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\"> Aug 2013] An apple a day would serve you better.\u00a0 An apple a day is equivalent to heart attack risk reduction to taking a statin cholesterol-lowering drug.\u00a0 [<\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/347\/bmj.f7267\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">British Medical Journal<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\"> 2013]\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><b class=\"yiv2891757944\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Multivitamins need to be absorbed<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">A major problem is that multivitamins are not formulated to overcome the age-related decline in absorption of nutrients due to low stomach acid secretion or the use of antacids that so many adults so commonly use.\u00a0 One study found frequent use of a cheap multivitamin resulted in 28% of users not reaching the Adequate Intake level for vitamin K and 18% for magnesium.\u00a0 [<\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mdedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/jfp_vitamin_suppl_0916.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Journal Family Practice<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\"> Sept 2016]<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">The common forms of nutrients in most multivitamins may still leave your body malnourished.\u00a0 [<\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"http:\/\/knowledgeofhealth.com\/common-form-of-nutrients-in-vitamin-mineral-supplements-may-still-leave-your-body-undernourished\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Knowledge of Health<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\"> Nov 29, 2015] Malabsorption due to lack of stomach acid is a widespread problem among older adults.\u00a0 Re-acidification of the stomach needs to be incorporated into multivitamins in the form of betaine.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><b class=\"yiv2891757944\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Cheap nutrients that don\u2019t deliver health<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Optimally absorbed and utilized forms of vitamins and minerals need to be supplied in multivitamins, such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"yiv2891757944MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">The fat-soluble form of thiamin\/vitamin B1 (Benfotiamine) is preferred instead of the water-soluble form (thiamin hydrochloride).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yiv2891757944MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">About a third of humanity cannot adequately metabolize folic acid (vitamin B9).\u00a0 Folate (as 5-methyltetrahydrofolate) should be provided as it is absorbed even when stomach acid levels are low.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yiv2891757944MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Vitamin B12 provided as methylcobalamin is recommended over cyanocobalamin (actually derived from cyanide).<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yiv2891757944MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Commonly used zinc oxide is insoluble and other forms of zinc are preferred (citrate, acetate, others).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yiv2891757944MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Natural vitamin D3 is far superior to synthetic vitamin D2.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yiv2891757944MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Both forms of vitamin E (tocopherols\/Tocotrienols) are favored over just tocopherols.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yiv2891757944MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Magnesium oxide is the most economical and commonly used a form of magnesium but just 4% of magnesium oxide is absorbed.\u00a0 It shouldn\u2019t even be sold.\u00a0 [<\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/2016\/11\/bill-sardi\/can-inadvertently-make-things-worse\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">LewRockwell.com<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">]<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"yiv2891757944MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Organically-bound forms of selenium are preferred over selenite or selenite.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><b class=\"yiv2891757944\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Multivitamins must promote healthy gut bacteria<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Most multivitamins do not incorporate the newly discovered understanding that healthy gut bacteria are required to overcome low-grade inflammation that is characteristic of aging (inflammaging).\u00a0 All the anti-inflammatory drugs (ibuprofen, aspirin, acetaminophen) won\u2019t do.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">The provision of non-pathogenic acid-forming bacteria (probiotics Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidus) and prebiotics (nutrients that promote the growth of good bacteria like beta glucans, apple pectin, resveratrol, quercetin) is now considered to be of prime importance in health maintenance.\u00a0 And no, yogurt doesn\u2019t rebalance your gut bacteria.\u00a0 [<\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"http:\/\/knowledgeofhealth.com\/efforts-to-curb-obesity-diabetes-arterial-disease-misdirection\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Knowledge of Health<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\"> April 21, 2016]<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">These and other reasons are why consumers are short-changed when taking multivitamins.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><b class=\"yiv2891757944\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Where are the polyphenols?<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">A glass of wine would be more protective than multivitamins or Polypills for heart attacks and strokes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Taking the solids (polyphenols) out of wine and placing them in a multivitamin would do more good.\u00a0 Resveratrol, being the chief molecule in red wine that is attributed to its many health benefits, would be at the top of the list of molecules to add to multivitamins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Resveratrol does all what an aspirin or statin drug does and is over 50 times more effective than metformin, an anti-diabetic drug, and in contrast to Rx medications, in modest dose is not associated with significant side effects or inducement of nutrient deficiencies.\u00a0 There have been no serious side effects reported by poison control centers for resveratrol in the past decade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">A major drawback of multivitamins is that there are no ingredients that effectively inhibit blood clots.\u00a0 Over-clotting is linked to many life-threatening maladies \u2014 strokes, cancer, heart attacks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Resveratrol inhibits clumping of blood platelets in arteries even among patients with aspirin resistance. [<\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/16954814\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Journal Cardiovascular Pharmacology<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\"> Aug 2006]\u00a0 Just like aspirin, resveratrol prevents an abnormal number of chromosomes (tetraploidy) that is thought to be a precursor for cancer. [<\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/24516128\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Proceedings National Academy Sciences<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\"> Feb 25, 2014]\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Like B vitamins, resveratrol inhibits homocysteine, an undesirable blood protein associated with brain and cardiovascular disease. [<\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/16197302\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Clinical Chemistry Laboratory Medicine<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\"> 2005]<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">A companion to resveratrol would be quercetin, which inhibits inflammation and blood clotting like aspirin but is a far superior antioxidant. [<\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/8237407\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Acta pharmacologica Sinica<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\"> 1993]<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">The combination of resveratrol + quercetin even inhibits the re-closure of coronary arteries following the placement of a stent. [<\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/22718033\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Journal Nutrition<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\"> Aug 2012]<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Not only do resveratrol and quercetin inhibit inflammation and formation of blood clots, they facilitate the disposal of cholesterol from the liver and amyloid plaque from the brain, have germicidal properties against viruses, bacteria and fungi, serve as a natural antidepressant by virtue of their ability to inhibit homocysteine and monoamine oxidase, are 50-200 times more effective than metformin and also favorably influence hundreds of genes involved in aging and trigger an internal gene switch that activates internal enzymatic antioxidants (glutathione, catalase, SOD) that protect critical organs (heart, brain, eyes) against threats posed by lack of oxygen, a phenomenon called preconditioning. [<\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/27496184\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Medicine<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\"> 2016; <\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/16873680\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Diabetes<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\"> Aug 2006; <\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/27515816\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Free Radical Biology Medicine<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\"> Oct 2016]<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482089263003_298892\" class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482089263003_298891\" class=\"yiv2891757944\">It is strikingly surprising that few if any multivitamins include polyphenols in their formulations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Another polyphenol that can boost antioxidant protection is clove bud powder.\u00a0 Cloves are the strongest antioxidant in nature.\u00a0 [<\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0308814608007218\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Food Chemistry<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\"> 2009]<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><b class=\"yiv2891757944\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">DNA repair<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Even the most elite vitamin users don\u2019t realize that DNA spare parts (nucleotides adenine, guanine, thymine, cytosine \u2014 the steps on the DNA ladder) can be provided in a multivitamin.\u00a0 The body\u2019s pool of nucleotides can be depleted during wound healing, recovery from burns, and after intense exercise.\u00a0 Nucleotides are especially important during body repair, wound healing, burns and muscle building.\u00a0 Astronauts are given supplemental nucleotides to boost their immunity.\u00a0 Prematurely born infants have nucleotides added to their formula to encourage growth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482089263003_298880\" class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><b class=\"yiv2891757944\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">Ugh: 28 vitamin pills every morning<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482089263003_298882\" class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482089263003_298881\" class=\"yiv2891757944\">Having written a dozen health books including a text on multivitamins, I probably know too much now.\u00a0 The more you learn about dietary supplements the more you want to take.\u00a0 Like many others, I attempt to swallow down 28 vitamin, mineral, amino acid and herbal pills every morning, and more in the afternoon and at dinner.\u00a0 It is very tedious (36 pills in 24 hours).\u00a0 I kiddingly say to myself: \u201cI take food with my vitamins, not vitamins with my food.\u201d I was spending $12\/day on dietary supplements.\u00a0 I wanted (and needed) all those optimal forms of vitamins and minerals, not the cheap ingredients.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482089263003_298884\" class=\"yiv2891757944MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482089263003_298883\" class=\"yiv2891757944\">Finally, compelled to do something about carrying 20 bottles of dietary supplements on road trips and swallowing all those pills, I formulated a multivitamin that encompasses all what you have learned above.\u00a0 I call it <\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lifespannutritionannex.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">THE MOLECULAR MULTI<\/span><\/a><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482089263003_298885\" class=\"yiv2891757944\">.\u00a0 I\u2019m down to taking 4 multivitamin capsules ($1.39\/day), 1 <\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"http:\/\/lifespannutrition.com\/products\/magnesium-malate-400mg-thompson-120-tablets\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">magnesium tablet<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\"> and 2 <\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"http:\/\/lifespannutrition.com\/products\/thompson-omega-3-6-9-1200mg-60-softgels\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">fish oil soft gel capsules<\/span><\/a><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482089263003_298886\" class=\"yiv2891757944\">, 7 pills in all per day, to meet my need for essential nutrients.\u00a0 I have consolidated my pill count and reduced my costs.\u00a0 Sometimes you just have to take a problem and put it in your own hands. \u00a0I also take <\/span><a id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482089263003_298888\" class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"http:\/\/lifespannutrition.com\/products\/pumpkin-seed-oil-1000-mg-thompson-60-softgels\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482089263003_298887\" class=\"yiv2891757944\">pumpkin seed oil<\/span><\/a><span class=\"yiv2891757944\"> for my prostate gland and a <\/span><a class=\"yiv2891757944\" href=\"http:\/\/www.longevinex.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"yiv2891757944\">resveratrol pill<\/span><\/a><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482089263003_298890\" class=\"yiv2891757944\"> I formulated.\u00a0 Additionally I take vitamin C throughout the day.\u00a0 All tolled, 12 pills a day instead of 36.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-author-archives-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/author\/bill-sardi\/\">The Best of Bill Sardi<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/2016\/12\/bill-sardi\/trouble-multivitamins\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multivitamins present the most practical and economical opportunity for the public to make up for gaps in the high calorie\/nutrient insufficient American diet. Despite alleged claims multivitamins increase mortality rates, they are safer than tap water, table salt, and aspirin.\u00a0 The US Department of Agriculture provides an online resource that confirms hundreds of millions of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-286961","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}