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Yet Another Study Says Vitamin Supplements Don't Work

Most might as well be placebos.

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By Cody Cottier
May 31, 2018 5:14 PMApr 17, 2020 4:24 PM
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Vitamin — the first four letters come from the Latin word for “life.” To sustain that, we need these organic compounds in small amounts, but it seems their purpose ends there.

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