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Vitamins

richardeiphone730
richardeiphone730 Posts: 2 Member
is it beneficial to take a multivitamin when trying to gain weight?

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  • SherryTeach
    SherryTeach Posts: 2,836 Member
    Vitamins don't have anything to do with weight. In fact, there is very little research to indicate that people who take a multi-vitamin are healthier or live longer than people who don't. What is pretty important is to eat a wide variety of nutrient dense foods and check your micronutrients so make sure you are getting all of them.
  • williamwj2014
    williamwj2014 Posts: 750 Member
    yeah man. it helps you gain weight faster!
  • Patttience
    Patttience Posts: 975 Member
    William it would be responsible to explain your point of view. Do you have any links to studies or explanations of how it would work?
  • trucalling55
    trucalling55 Posts: 6 Member
    Vitamins of the B kind sometimes make you hungry, they kind of tend to increase the appetite. So working out with weights and increasing protein intake and more vitamins could be good. But I guess what matters is how much and what mactronutrients you eat and whether you work out to build muscles.
  • stephxo1
    stephxo1 Posts: 191 Member
    No. Eat in a calorie surplus of between 300-500 cals and the weight will come. Simples!
  • williamwj2014
    williamwj2014 Posts: 750 Member
    Patttience wrote: »
    William it would be responsible to explain your point of view. Do you have any links to studies or explanations of how it would work?

    lol, yeah...please. I was not being serious.
  • richardeiphone730
    richardeiphone730 Posts: 2 Member
    Thanks for your feedback, everyone
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