Thorne multivitamin anygood?

ErickAtSwiff
ErickAtSwiff Posts: 12 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Is the thorne elite multivitamin a good one to take? Has anyone taken it before, how did you feel?
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  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,228 Member
    edited October 31
    Well, personally if someone has a diet that is greatly compromised in vitamins and minerals like the SAD diet for example which over 70% of the population is their diet of choice then a multi vitamin might include some of those nutrients that are virtually non existent in that diet, which is still not going to add much real value at all and if someone is consuming a decent diet where most of their foods are whole foods then a multi is basically useless and just a money grab, imo. Look at your overall food consumption and make changes there, that's what's going to move your health markers and help maintain a persons vitamin and mineral balance.

    I do supplement my diet which is basically a low carb/keto diet but it's more focused on individual aspects. for example I take Vit D and B6, Magnesium, zinc, Leucine and cordyceps.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,354 Member
    I'm sorry, but it's highly, highly unlikely that many people will feel a difference between one multi-vitamin brand or another, unless via placebo effect.

    Ideally, we get most of our nutrients from food. Supplements aren't a substitute for that. Vitamin supplements (or other supplements) are for addressing specific risks or deficiencies in an individual case. People take a multi-vitamin as sort of an insurance policy. That's usually not a problem, with the possible exception of some brands that mega-dose certain vitamins or minerals in ways that could actually increase health risks in certain circumstances.

    The Thorne vitamin line includes some multivitamins that contain 4000 to 25000 percent of some recommended daily amounts. Is that necessary? They're very expensive, like $30-70 for a 30-day supply.

    I'd suggest focusing first on getting good nutrition from food. If you're concerned about deficiencies, ask your doctor for relevant blood tests before supplementing: For some nutrients, supplementing will mask deficiency by increasing blood levels of the nutrient that may be misleading about actual status.

    If you have relevant health conditions such that your doctor recommends supplements, definitely follow that advice.

    If you want to use a multi-vitamin, after you have a reasonably clear picture of current status, it probably won't be a problem. Personally, I'd go with an affordable, more moderate-dosage version from a mainstream source with a good reputation for quality, not something like this, but that's just me.

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