More than half of Americans take multivitamin overeating every day, but doctors and pharmacists say that many people are wasteful.
In Tiktok, pharmacist Amina Khan says 271,000 followers have three types of supplements that they will never receive, including very popular Gumi vitamins.
There are some disadvantages in this Gumi, and one of them is that it is often sweet in sugar in about 3 to 5 grams.
Although it is not seen very much, the recommended dose is two in the day, and the American Heart Association recommends 25 grams of sugar and 36 grams every day.
Khan said: ‘These are basically sugar pills.
‘They can be very easily consumed and can lead to mineral toxicity.’
Khan also said that some researchers often contain vitamins and minerals that can often be ignored.
Similarly, supplements aimed at improving hair, skin and nail health, which have gained popularity through social media, are not effective, Khan said.
Gumi vitamins often contain sugar. The level of vitamins and minerals is too low, so you can’t get a lot of advantages.
Gumi vitamins have a wide range of charms and often present and tasting like candy rather than health supplements. Sayed.
According to UCLA’s intention, ‘Even if there is no sugar -free bath in Gumi vitamins, it contains other sweeteners such as high water fruit juice or sugar alcohol, which can cause unpleasant digestion problems.’
They tasty, easy to take and have no signature vitamins.
They are especially appealing to children who cannot swallow or swallow pills.
However, Gummies has a taste of sugar of several grams.
Dr. Zariah Chappell, a family medical doctor at Scripps Coastal Medical Center San Marcos in California Sayed: ‘It’s like eating sugar or candy 365 days a year.
‘There are many sugars that can be added quickly. In particular, children can eat more than the recommended doses because the vitamins look like a delicious and popular candy. ‘
Second, Khan talked about Multivitamins, which has a little “everything.”
‘Some doses of each nutrient are so low that it will almost not affect. Also, no vitamins require all vitamins. ‘
Mixed vitamins are said to contain everything. In other words, the concentration of vitamins and minerals is too low, so there is an advantage that can be measured.
Johns Hopkins Study, which includes 450,000 people, found a multivitamin. There was no beneficial effect Heart disease prevention.
Another study looked at about 1,700 people who had previously suffered a heart attack. They have been instructed to take multi -vitamins or placebo twice for five years. Their findings showed that taking multivitamins did not affect heart attacks or risks of death.
JOHNS HOPKINS University School of Medicine, an internal medicine expert, Dr. Edgar Miller said: ‘After the research has returned to negative, but people continue to take supplements at record speed.’
Research, which shows non -efficiency, did not affect the market. The global vitamins and supplement markets were $ 1,46.14 billion in 2023.
One population who still benefits from multivitamins is malnutrition or pregnant people.
Lastly, the hair, skin and nail supplements are the same as the same as inefficient.
People are not designed to target all three, but more suitable for taking a single focus supplement.
Effective supplements are aimed at certain problems such as vitamin B8 and skin cell financial growth for hair thickness.
A better path that improves each health is to take supplements specifically to help each of them individually.
Khan said: ‘Hair, skin and nail multi vitamins, what do you focus on? Hair, skin or nails? ‘
Hair, skin and nail supplements do not target the area designed to improve. The pharmacist speaks of some of the best supplements and individually, rather than individually, rather than lumps.
Most people do not lack vitamins included in supplements such as antioxidants such as vitamins A, C, E or coenzyme Q10 and vitamins, B-composite vitamins.
And for them, there is no obvious evidence that supplements make a difference.
Dr. Pieter Cohen, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, said. Consumer report: ‘I do not know the powerful data that suggests that supplements can treat natural aging hair loss or fingernail damage or provide healthier skin.
‘It is nothing that makes it recommend it to my patients.’
Many supplements and vitamins are not regulated by the FDA, so it is difficult to know if it is advertised in the supplement packaging.
In addition, the lack of supervision means that the manufacturer may contain materials that are not declared in the label, and some may interact with the drug.
The federal agency is involved only when the product appears to be damaged, but inspects the facilities with supplements.
