Multivitamins
Cross-source consensus on Multivitamins from 1 sources and 4 claims.
1 sources · 4 claims
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- Calcium carbonate, the predominant ingredient in mass-market multivitamins, requires approximately 12 biochemical conversion steps to be absorbed. — Costco Review of Healthy Foods
- Synthetic vitamins in mass-market supplements are fundamentally different in biological effect from food-derived vitamins because they lack the enzyme systems, phytonutrients, and mineral cofactors present in whole-food complexes. — Costco Review of Healthy Foods
- Reading the "other ingredients" list of any supplement is as important as reviewing the active ingredients. — Costco Review of Healthy Foods
- Some mass-market multivitamins use soybean or corn oil as a capsule fill, directly counteracting any anti-inflammatory benefit of taking the supplement. — Costco Review of Healthy Foods