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photon · 07-09-2017, 09:08 PM

Pretty much the only supplement that's really suggested for Canadians is vitamin D, since we all get less sun exposure living further north. I don't buy into the vitamin D megadoses though, I think it's 600IU recommended for most people. Vitamin B12 is also something I've seen prescribed by doctors for specific people.

Self reporting of effects from taking supplements is difficult, partially because it's a known phenomenon that we will naturally feel a benefit from taking a positive action. It's also why people buy $10,000 power cables for their TV and then claim it looks better. The placebo effect is a real effect, just not a result of the actual pill being taken.

Also feeling better it could be the result of any number of things, the body is complex and our environments changing.. correlation does not equal causation.

I agree with troutman, unless for some specific deficiency then mostly useless.

07-09-2017, 09:08 PM	#3
photon The new goggles also do nothing. Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Calgary Exp:	Pretty much the only supplement that's really suggested for Canadians is vitamin D, since we all get less sun exposure living further north. I don't buy into the vitamin D megadoses though, I think it's 600IU recommended for most people. Vitamin B12 is also something I've seen prescribed by doctors for specific people. Self reporting of effects from taking supplements is difficult, partially because it's a known phenomenon that we will naturally feel a benefit from taking a positive action. It's also why people buy $10,000 power cables for their TV and then claim it looks better. The placebo effect is a real effect, just not a result of the actual pill being taken. Also feeling better it could be the result of any number of things, the body is complex and our environments changing.. correlation does not equal causation. I agree with troutman, unless for some specific deficiency then mostly useless. __________________ Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.