An effect on what? It’s still only your personal experience.
An effect on me and how I work as an electro-chemical machine. In the end this is one of my key priorities and I am more concerned about how things work on me than I am how they work on you. That should not surprise you.
I am also well aware of the placebo effect. Hence minor results which are not repeatable can be ignored.
Consider the PEARL trial which was made essentially futile by the steps they took to have a placebo.
Well what was the effect?
My point is that regardless of the effect you experienced, that is very unlikely to happen to anyone else, and these studies are more informative what is expected to happen for the average person in high income countries or regions if they take a multivitamin. That is most people reading here, and they are expected to have no effect.
I’m also unsure how you’d be able to measure your expected longevity benefit from multivitamin use.
The effects were different for different interventions.
It is not necessarily a direct longevity effect. With Vitamin D, for example, I have had effects on sleep. It may sound odd but taking 6000 iu as opposed to 3000 iu disrupted sleep and taking it at night disrupted sleep.
Vitamin B6 causes neuropathy symptoms if taken in the inactive form after taking it at 100mg per day for a long enough period.
Molybdenum increases urate.
These were not in a mutivitamin.
This is different though, this is specifically about multivitamin use.
Yes, but your question was about my comment which said:
My personal experient of vitamins and supplements is that they have an effect,
Maybe I should have said your question was out or order, but instead I answered it. In the end it appears to me that you are not looking to work out what the truth is, but instead proving your viewpoint to be true. That is not helpful to discussion.
I don’t doubt single vitamins can have a beneficial effect, like to alleviate a possible deficiency. Just that multivitamins have no effect on the average person in high income countries or regions… So the average person should expect to not benefit.
It depends what is in the mutivitamin and when it is taken.
How do you know that?
I am sorry, but that is such a ludicrous question that I am simply going to block you. I have been close to this in the past, but I have now got to that point.
If you don’t want to share a study showing that there would be a difference in outcomes based on timing and what is in the multivitamin, that is fine with me.
The results from the studies regarding multivitamin use for the average person in high income countries/ regions stands until then.
I don’t think you had such a study.
This seems like a better multivitamin. The new formula adds Boron which I normally supplement outside my multi. When I run out of my current supplies of Boron, Multivitamin, B-supplement and Iodine, I’ll add this one. Fewer pills daily for more benefits!
MicroVitamin is now available on iHerb! https://www.iherb.com/pr/dr-brad-micr… But that’s not all—this is also the latest and best version of MicroVitamin (formula version 5), with some great updates: 1. Switched from Tablets to Capsules: This makes for a ‘cleaner’ formula—no need for binders, so you’re getting fewer unnecessary additives. 2. Higher B-Vitamin Levels: Many B-vitamins are now at 75% of the RDA (up from 50%). Vitamin B12 has an even bigger boost—from 50% to 500% RDA! 3. More Vitamin C: Now providing 50% RDA to help support your immune system and skin health. 4. Increased Iodine and Zinc: Both have been raised from 50% to 75% RDA for even more essential support. 5. New Addition of Boron: 1mg of Boron has been added to round out the formula. I’m excited to make MicroVitamin more accessible than ever—and with these new improvements, it’s better than ever too.
To your health, Brad
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Even if he increased B12, 12 mcg B12 is way too little, that’ll possibly give a B12 deficiency which will permanently destroy your nervous system, if someone doesn’t eat a lot of meat or is elderly.
1000 mcg or 1 mg methylcobalamin a day seems like the minimum.
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Yes, you should still supplement with B12 in addition to this multi.
Microvitamin is the best when cost isn’t a factor, but Naturelo is close and much more affordable.
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Why does everybody think they know a better vitamin mix than was used in the study?
I am not a fan of Pfizer, but I think their products are of high quality, and you will probably actually get all of the ingredients in the amount listed on the label.
I usually follow the medicines or supplements used in a study rather than second-guessing myself by thinking that I am smarter than the researchers.
I am sure Trump has some high-quality medical advisors.
I just switched from my generic one-a-day multivitamin to Centrum Silver Adults 50+
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Well they only studied Centrum. Who’s to say the results would have been worse if they tested another brand? The ingredients in Microvitamin and Naturelo are, for the most part, individually superior than what I see on the Centrum label.
If anything, since Centrum shows these positive benefits, it would make sense to think some other brands would have even better benefits. It’s nothing more than an educated guess.
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I don’t disagree. My point is that I am pretty sure the ingredients in the Pfizer brand are as stated. There have been many cases where brands, especially some lesser-known brands, did not contain the ingredients or the amount listed was less than stated. If you can give some proof that your brand has been tested to ensure that it contains the ingredients in the quantity listed, I would be willing to change.
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I see your point, but the women’s Naturelo one a day was tested and approved on ConsumerLab. I didn’t see Microvitamin on there but I would be very surprised if Dr Brad Stanfield took part in any shady business
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I think all 3 multivitamins are good. I personally take Centrum right now, but with the new formula, I’ll probably switch to Dr. Brad’s Multi (also I can order it now from iHerb) because I believe he uses higher-quality ingredients.
When I looked at the ingredients in Centrum, I found that they were of lower quality than the other multivitamins. Pfizer is out there to make a buck and their name stands for quality, but their ingredients do not.
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