Stop Wasting Your Money on Vitamins

Welcome back to our podcast, in this episode we discuss the multi-billion dollar sector that is supplementation. Key topics are whether you need a multivitamin within your diet, how the supplement industry is regulated and our stance on the future of supplementation. There is a lot to discuss and we are aware that we cannot cover everything in this episode, also, please see our references below for any further reading. If you would like to go to a particular section, please click on the time stamp below: 00:00 - Introduction 00:37 - Why are we discussing multivitamins 01:05 - What is the definition of a vitamin? 02:18 - Regulatory bodies in the UK and USA - MHRA/ FDA 02:53 - What are the rules and regulations surrounding vitamins/ supplements? 10:58 - Does the lack of regulations on these products impact their quality? 13:00 - Why do we take vitamins in the first place? 14:20 - Study that found increased risk of mortality in those taking multivitamins 17:03 - Do we personally take any multivitamins? 19:42 - Bioniq - the personalised supplement company 22:32 - Where did the RDA guidelines come from and are they still relevant today? 22:50 - Why the supplement industry makes the idea of taking vitamins/ supplements so convincing 29:03 - Is there any evidence to suggest that taking vitamin supplements has an impact on preventing chronic diseases? 29:23 - Is taking a vitamin supplement as effective as getting our vitamins from whole food sources? 30:55 - Summary of key points Here are our podcast links: https://open.spotify.com/show/5kJoyk0uY8u1H8CmgNDWzo?si=JF4_mY8oSES520KcOaHwhA https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-chemist-couple-podcast/id1773332678 Sign up to our newsletter and stay up to date with how we personally apply the science to enhance our lifestyle: https://mailchi.mp/c15c44eee6a0/thechemistcouplepodcast You can also watch this podcast episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAf1zFQF4_dyVG4z8DD0_3Q  As always, this podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be used in substitute to seeing a healthcare professional. Any questions, please reach out to us and thanks for listening! Here is a list of the sources that we used to make this podcast: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7b8297e5274a7318b8f20d/Supplements_Summary__Jan_2012__DH_FINAL.doc.pdf - Department of Health- legislation https://www.food.gov.uk/business-guidance/food-supplements#what-a-food-supplement-is - food standards agency https://bpspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bcp.14521#:~:text=Individuals%20who%20want%20to%20improve,provisions%20of%20general%20food%20law - British Journal of Pharmacology- vitamin D quality review https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11208972/#abstract1 - US Cohort multi-vitamin daily use study https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5998735/ - History of nutrition https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9174310/#Sec4 - The effect of the food matrix https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6743828/#sec1 - Dairy food and matrix https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/195038 - vitamins for chronic disease prevention https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2125921/ - dietary selenium use in production Guyton & Hall Medical Physiology 14th edition- general physiology overview Rang & Dale’s Pharmacology 10th edition - general pharmacological overview