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Listen: The Empty Promise of Vitamins
Should we all be taking something during the pandemic? Supplements and vitamins make big claims, but their benefits are doubtful.
Supplements claiming to “boost your immune system” have gotten new attention during the pandemic. On the podcast Social Distance, the staff writer James Hamblin explains why these claims are mostly nonsense (and have been for years), and the executive producer Katherine Wells asks him about vitamins.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/06/should-i-be-taking-something/613150/
Should we all be taking something during the pandemic? Supplements and vitamins make big claims, but their benefits are doubtful.
Supplements claiming to “boost your immune system” have gotten new attention during the pandemic. On the podcast Social Distance, the staff writer James Hamblin explains why these claims are mostly nonsense (and have been for years), and the executive producer Katherine Wells asks him about vitamins.
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/06/should-i-be-taking-something/613150/
