Vitamins
If you are anything like me, the ever-growing vitamin and mineral section of the pharmacy or supermarket is nothing short of confusing.
It seems that every second celebrity in Australia currently has an endorsement deal for a multivitamin, but it’s not as if you can turn to your favourite hot celebrity to ask for their personal recommendation on the best vitamin to take.
This is not surprising as the vitamin industry is worth an estimated billion dollars in Australia alone. Despite this, the big question that still remains is whether vitamin and mineral supplements actually work.
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Imagine for one scary moment that you’ve just been diagnosed with a very serious medical condition.
In shock you walk out of the doctor’s office with a script for a medication to treat your new illness and into the local pharmacy.
As you nervously wait for your script to be filled you notice that the pharmacist has not only prepared your medication, but has also grabbed a bottle of Blackmores vitamin pills off the shelf after looking at their computer screen and she puts both bottles into your hand.
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MadKat of Melbourne says:
skepdad - I’m not ignoring facts - I’m disagreeing on personal evidence and in my earlier posts I even said that I didn’t take any diluted water. The diluted water is only a part of what homeopathy has to offer. Whatever you say the calculations were copied from other articles… Read more »
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Henrietta says:
... or maybe you could just have a slice of cheese to replace the B12. Maybe some of you people should watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhGuXCuDb1U Read more »
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