I wouldn’t recommend a multivitamin except for people with really restricted diets. It’s not just useless; the Cochrane review found an increase in mortality, likely from the overdoses of vit A and E that you dismissed.
Thanks for pointing this out. I should—and plan to—look into this more by checking out the individual studies used in the Cochrane review. Worth noting that the review was of antioxidant supplementation (vits A, E, C, selenium) in particular rather than a multivitamin per se.
I wouldn’t be shocked if any physiological harm can be traced to Vit A and E supplementation in excess of, say, 300% of RDA. It is a little concerning that the one I recommended contains 170% and 130% respectively.
Also, speaking for myself alone, I think I’d be willing to trade a small increase in mortality for a decreased likelihood of some inadequacy dampening my subjective wellbeing or productivity. As caloric restriction studies suggest, mortality and subjective wellbeing can move in the same direction.
I’ve recently found this product which provides B12 and iodine (important for vegans, iodine extremely underknown for UK vegans as our public health iodisation is via milk, unlike salt /wheat in other countries), d3, b2+6, folate and selenium. No A or E. Taste pretty bad at first but get used to it after 2 weeks
I wouldn’t recommend a multivitamin except for people with really restricted diets. It’s not just useless; the Cochrane review found an increase in mortality, likely from the overdoses of vit A and E that you dismissed.
Thanks for pointing this out. I should—and plan to—look into this more by checking out the individual studies used in the Cochrane review. Worth noting that the review was of antioxidant supplementation (vits A, E, C, selenium) in particular rather than a multivitamin per se.
I wouldn’t be shocked if any physiological harm can be traced to Vit A and E supplementation in excess of, say, 300% of RDA. It is a little concerning that the one I recommended contains 170% and 130% respectively.
Also, speaking for myself alone, I think I’d be willing to trade a small increase in mortality for a decreased likelihood of some inadequacy dampening my subjective wellbeing or productivity. As caloric restriction studies suggest, mortality and subjective wellbeing can move in the same direction.
I’ve recently found this product which provides B12 and iodine (important for vegans, iodine extremely underknown for UK vegans as our public health iodisation is via milk, unlike salt /wheat in other countries), d3, b2+6, folate and selenium. No A or E. Taste pretty bad at first but get used to it after 2 weeks
https://www.vegansociety.com/shop/supplements/veg-1-orange-180-tablets