Adam Ruins Everything - The Weird Reason We Think Vitamins Are Good for Us (They're Not) 

care to explain?

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Santiago Peralta They're portraying this guy as a spoof of Dr. Oz, which his show is i guess you could say a spinoff of Oprah's show. A lot of stuff on his show has actually been proven false

Memorex996 great observation my dear Watson !

Memorex996 That's so true

Graveposting but yeah Vitamin D is the big one which I am learning the hard way. The last few years have made this especially true.

And prevent osteoporosis. Also make sure you aren't getting too much calcium.

@@tutacatIn that case, I wish I didn’t drink so much milk

i got some vitamin d for u. vitamin Deez nuts!

I've been severely medically malnourished, bloodwork still came out fine only lacking potassium (which is important, but not availible over the counter in pharmacies here). Multi vitamins are scams unless your doctor has done bloodwork on you and literally prescribes you certain vitamins.

@Dmitry Terek You know natural selection requires the unhealthy people not to reproduce and for the genes of those people to leave the gene pool? It doesn't happen in just one generation. If you're an unhealthy person, you don't just magically adapt. You die and let the people whose genes support the conditions reproduce and propagate their genes.

@Dmitry Terek You try cutting out sunlight and vitamin D from your diet and see how you feel. I suffer from a chronic vitamin D deficiency, especially because it's dark outside half the year, and whenever the sun comes back I feel better. Additionally, "blacks" don't have an innate lactose intolerance, only babies (ALL babies) have an innate tolerance of it. If your statement was true, no "black" baby could be breast fed. Adults generally lose this tolerance, because milk is made for babies after all, but tolerance can be kept or built up again by frequent consumption. Some people with European heritage just uphold their tolerance easier, because of how the dairy production and consumption throughout the centuries have affected their genes, just like some Europeans tan easier than others. At least study the topic thoroughly before you make assumptions.

Vit D deficiency is common. I think supplementing for that, especially in places without much sun is smart. (AND recommended by medical pros- IF you're deficient, and about 30% of us are. ) :) A little B12 for vegans like me is easy to get as well- nooch- but yeah, many extra vitamins are just totally unneeded to harmful.

Some vitamins are Important though and on the standard American diet can't be achieved.

+MrOoglebog Examples?

Then I should buy some manganese...

Mostly, yes. There are reasons when you may want to get higher doses than regularly (vitamin C lowers the probablity of getting cold under high stress, such as high physical activity in cold environment, and may shorten the illness) but you can do the same with high-vitamin food like the mentioned lemons (which actually are not so rich in vitamin C as people usually think, guavas, lychees and black currant are much, much richer but they don't taste good in your tea) as with expensive vitamin supplements. Manganese is a trace element, not a vitamin. You can get plenty of it from salad, fruits, nuts or whole wheat products. Not having enough manganese is actually extremely rare.

Yes, because the standard American diet consists of nothing but Diet Coke and french fries. Ok.

+Dirk McKirk It's a clickbait titlte I think just to get people's attention. Saying vitamins aren't good for us rather than just vitamin supplements lures more curious people.

+Sean Fronteras exactly, I take some vitamins during flu season but I don't believe them to be cure all's. I take some zinc, D and NAC because they 'help' my immune system and I don't believe they will fight my bodies battles for me.

+T-FUTURE I think it's more likely that people use the terms interchangeably. How many times as a kid were you told to take your vitamins? When I was young they never said "vitamin supplements" to me.

Yeah, I always had really low iron but started taking supplements and its gotten much better!

well everybody then, everyone is deficenct in something, all the soils are so depleted today that 1 apple in the 1940s is now 5 today

+Shane Santos - Came here to say exactly this. ;)

FYI medical malpractice is the 3rd leading cause of death in USA. i learned long ago to be my own advocate when my doc almost killed me a few times due to his medical indoctrination / ignorant hubris. everyone take the time to learn about vitamins, herbal cures ect.... theres lots of crap vitamins, ppl often dont know how to take them etc....

Sleekcartim .sleekcartim even worse, those data of death rate is when they the treatment is correct, so allopathic medicine when used right is the third cause of death.

Sniper Cat Oprah has sponsored the Dr.Oz Show which many things on it don't work.

Sniper Cat AND YOU GET A FREE MEDICAL LICENSE!

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Ever seen someone just bite into a lemon like that?

@@juanmanuelpenaloza9264 I've eaten 3 lemons whole before throwing the 4th lemon at full force to the ground

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But maybe that one doctor is right. Just like Darwin. He is a man from the 1800s yet billions have followed everything from his theory. First doesn't mean bad.

@@The__Gent And who says Darwin is right

@@RyanRamboer-sv3pm Darwin himself didn't say he was right lol shut up

@@RyanRamboer-sv3pm Go do some research

@@The__Gent That one doctor was not right. In fact that number was entirely arbitrary.

+Konan Kohai the pesticides on pretty much all apples is actually pretty bad =p

+Konan Kohai It doesn't. It was just a clever slogan made so people will buy more apples. :P

+RandomGamerCory No. Pesticides used to be very harmful, but due to their harm they were discontinued a while ago. It used to be that when you bought a fruit, you had to wash it in the sink before taking a bite. Nowadays however, pesticides mostly come in the form of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO's) and are genetically designed to be resistant to diseases and pests. Those GMO's are not harmful by a long shot. In fact, most GMO's are completely beneficial to our health, although that does not mean all GMO's are safe. Whether something is genetically modified or not says nothing about it's safety.

+hassi44 just radiation to manipulate something older then they, not right just so people can enjoy things that are not native, convenient as toilet beside your bed but it also has its negative effects as well

Mr MoJo Risin Do you really think all radiation is harmful? You do know radiation is just energy expressed through heat and light. X Rays and Gamma Rays are what you [don't] need to worry about. Also DNA manipulation doesn't utilize radiation. You simple have no idea what you are talking about. Please, educate yourself before returning to this discussion.

Same

yeah he points things someone with common sense would say (only people who do tend to lose their career just because they tried to do the right thing)

me to

Adam IMPROVES Everything

Adam is da real MVP. Real dude.

I want to watch Adam on Netflix!

He is on Netflix now!

Rn he's on HBO Max (and Netflix)

SoulRCraft Its a terrible analogy that underplays the magnitude of the problem.

They are malnourished because they are underfed. Like Adam said if you eat normally you probably won't need vitamin supplements.

+Isaac Gordon He's not saying you don't need any vitamins. When did he ever say that? Or, did you want him to show the dead bodies of starved african children? Would that have satisfied you?

lucariomew365 They aren't underfed, they aren't properly fed.

Nonuv Urbeeznus Not necessarily that extreme, but he should have at least made it clear that not getting any vitamins is a major health concern.

Exactly

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Kris Gibbons ha ha ha

+Shroomly Baby~ That is true, however, many people simply take multivitamin supplements to counteract a deficiency that they may or may not have. Many people just assume they have a deficiency when they feel ill when in reality all they have is a common cold. Those who do go to supplement a deficiency that they actually have often use multivitamins that supplement even those that they don't need. If you think you have a deficiency, go see a doctor. He/she will tell you if you do have a vitamin or mineral deficiency and will advice you on which supplements to take, if any. Most doctors will advice you to change your diet and activity schedule instead of suggesting supplementation, which makes sense since vitamin supplementation is solely a product marketed for profit and not to aid your health. Your diet and activity schedule should be enough to keep your vitamins and minerals in check, unless you have a disease that makes them necessary, in which case, a doctor wouldn't direct you to the local grocery store's health section but rather a clinic where you get those nutrients through an IV.

+Shroomly Baby~ you know how could you solve that? going out, eating dairy, you know things people are more used to do than taking weird distasteful pills and are both more productive and more efficient

+FullmetalPink Dairy is bad for the environment. It's a Cowspiracy!: www.netflix.com/watch/80033772

Low vitamin D= RIP Testosterone

FullmetalPink Yeah. Which is why I said that in my original comment. I'm saying if someone doesn't do something most people do then vitamin supplements serve a good purpose. I'm not saying multivitamins are the solution to all health related issues.

If you're a couch potato then you have a lot of better places to fix your health than vitamin intake.

Or if you eat the typical American/westernized diet in which people are deficient in countless nutrients helping to lead to an early death and lower quality of life. The average American or westernized dieter, falls short of a tremendous amount of nutrition. That's what eating a diet based around meat, eggs, dairy and refined foods gets you. We need to be eating a diet rich in and ideally, entirely made up of, fruits, veggies, seeds, nuts, beans/legumes.

meat should always be included in your diet. there are amino acids that can't be found in plants

Jake K wrong,soyabeans have all the essential amino acids and combination of food like rice and beans will provide you with the the essential amino acids

jacob john I’m allergic to soy

+iamSmexx I've seen before in other episodes, don't remember which though.

+iamSmexx "That"? Don't you mean "she"?

***** i was gonna add "the woman" sry Nazi polis

+Key | iamSmexx Police* actually we are grammar nazis

Probably The Doctors: my59.tv/my59_wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/The-Doctors.jpg

+Lyoko104 Probably Dr Oz. The set looks just like his

+Lyoko104 It's both The Doctors and Dr. Oz.

+Lyoko104 And Doctor Phil.

yes

Jeremy Mack I thought that too until I went to my doctor and got a vitamin profile done. I was overweight and ate mostly junk food, but she still said it was a waste of time. I insisted and when I got my results back she was right. Only thing I was deficient in was iron. I got tested a couple years later and still was only deficient in iron and folate. I think a larger problem is some people not being able to absorb iron or other nutrients. I've never not been iron deficient. Even on iron supplements.

i LOVE that... thank you!!

obesity problem has more to deal with level of activity, rather than diet, I lived in Jamaica for 17 years, and I ate exorbitant amounts of food, but... I was never overweight, because of the level of activity I had in Jamaica, I never actively took time out to exercise, but my day to day activities were more than enough, when just doing regular stuff like going to school, or getting something to eat, when I left Jamaica, I weight 180 pounds stably, and within 6 months of moving to the US I weighed 260 pounds...worse part of that is that I eat alot less here than I did back home, I now have to be putting time aside to get exercise, and to not eat too much...kids don't really need vitamins, unless they're suffering from a serious deficiency or medical disorder

I completely agree! Vitamins can be beneficial in some cases!

Another thing that causes obesity is americas car culture. Ppl that dont walk get fat. Thats why there is a correlation between living in the suburbs and being obese

Your dad sounded like a sensible man.

Pauling dying of cancer is an argument because he claimed his vitamins would prevent such. Also he was a supporter of eugenics.

and with a nose

And he didn't try to kill all the Muggle-borns

no, this is just linus without the socks and sandals

+mattloulou123123 Everything.

+hassi44 what do you mean?

***** Everything.

+mattloulou123123 Basically just a 22 minute version of this

+TheKYLEdavid thanks

Actually, your brain thinks that the vitamin changes the situation, but really, you are the one putting your leg at fault through mistakes while exercising which can cause straining the leg, arm, torso, etc. the vitamin doesn't do jackshit. certain errors or mistakes while exercising cause the leg cramps you get. not taking stupid vitamin which don't do anything isn't gonna cause leg cramps.

Teriyaki Chicken It is potassium actually. I get the same results with a couple of bananas.

oh ok. sorry didn't realize lol

Thing I learned the other day (I think after watching Adam ruin hydration fads): Pickle juice has been found to cure leg cramps faster than mere water. They're not exactly sure why, but apparently a couple ounces do the trick.

Cool!

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saladtossersofamerica I love your username

Princess Allie Yes! I was like DAYUM. He is beautifully gorgeous

That “doctor” isn’t attractive at all. But I’m a super straight male, so I’ll never fall in the same bag as you on a proposition like that

erik gross super straight as in homophobic? Or insecure?

"You could trace every disease and every ailment to a mineral deficiency" - Dr. Linus Pauling

okay tru

+ucoyun he already made it but not specifically for it.

He already made it

+alphaghoul Aren't you glad Adam ruined that for you? :)

+alphaghoul That is when you should take them. But with a normal and healthy diet, you will never actually need them.

***** Then it sounds like use of pills is just to treat the problem and perpetuates it further.

***** It isn't hard for people to make sure that they get the nutrients that they need, even if they can only eat for a short while when they are at work. Just takes proper planning. Same with mountain climbers. I had a friend that was a single mom of two kids, one has autism. Guess what, she was a nurse. She never had issues with making certain that she and her kids got the nutrients needed without vitamins. All because of proper planning. Her autistic child would sometimes mess up dinner plans and decide that they want something different, but quickly doing something for one is pretty easy; this was extremely rare as she figured out how they can work together on dinner by the time the autistic child was 9 and only that late as that is when they started developing communication skills. Just because you don't know how to plan you meals out, doesn't mean others don't and nor can it be done. But yes, using something to allow you to not do what you need to is perpetuating a problem. If needed, and only when needed (not because of being lazy) should one take supplements (like the body not able to take in or produce what it should). But that would be more like using a wheel chair because you don't have legs or they don't work, versus using a wheel chair when you are full of energy and there is nothing preventing you from walking.

I heard the Sailor's Hornpipe.

Already done

You missed the part where your parents are in the medical field

Studies have shown that animal milk (cow dairy i.e.) pulls calcium from your bones and is harder to digest. Because most people stay away from sunlight they aren't getting enough vitamin D (which isn't a vitamin but a chemical) therefore not able to produce calcium.

i cant say they are conclusive since ive only read a few studies, there are studies that show magnesium rich diets dont need large amounts of calcium. the magnesium aids in calcium and vit.d metabolism, the better the body can do that the more efficiently it used them. so we may actually need less calcium and vit.d than recommended. it was a gimmick decades ago that calcium is the biggest factor to strong bones. in reality, bones are made up of many vit. and minerals. the body can only handle so much. it then either gets rid of it or stores it.

All vitamins are chemicals.

No, those studies showed that animal milk pulls calcium from your bones when consumed in large quantities. Like, unreasonably large quantities. Like, replaced all the water you drink in a day with milk quantities. Get your fearmongering out of here.

yea diarrhea

You're crazy and you're peddling pseudoscience, just so you know. I hope you are aware that you are part of a group of crazy people that believe in things like homeopathy, acupuncture, chiropractic medicine, and other pseudoscientific medical remedies that do nothing but misinform and harm people.

This makes sense. Especially for people who don't have access to complete types of foods, some certain vitamins may be difficult to obtain. Multivitamins is more of a "make sure everyone gets one" thing than a "one pill cure all".

If you get a blood test and you have a vitamin deficiency, you should be taking supplements. I think this is targeted to self-diagnosing types that buy vitamins without suggestion.

I've been a vegetarian for over 15 years & don't eat dairy. I've had blood tests and I've never been told I'm deficient in anything (even iron & B12). I never take supplements. I eat more food that is actual food than chips, processed food, etc. I don't carefully count my food nutrition. Did I mention that I hardly ever get colds or any other sick even? Maybe once every 2-3 years I get a bug. I've never had a flu shot. I'm 43. I'm surrounded by people who swear by vitamins, throw away their money on them, yet have a cold every other month. I hate the sun but I was not told I'm short on Vita D. If a DR. doesn't tell you you are deficient in something specific, don't take supplements. I mean a real live doctor, not the people who feel like giving advice on the internet.

Exactly!!

+Nelson Montana No it doesn't. Giving your body more than what it needs causes problems. Too many calories, you get fat. Too much water, you get water intoxication. Too hot, you have a stroke. Too cold, you freeze. The same is true with vitamins. If you aren't getting something, that means your diet needs to be corrected. But if you are unable to get something, then you should take the *suppliment* as that is what they are. They aren't to be taken just because or in case. Too much vitamin C causes diarrhea (which can lead to dehydration and other malnutrition conditions as your body isn't able to properly digest), too much potassium causes muscle stiffness (and since you heart gets it first, and is a muscle, it will become harder and start to slow down and stop beating), and too much medication is the same like too much aspirin will cause sever ulcers (mostly in the stomach) that will have sever bleeding and cause internal bleeding to death (as once in your system, there is no way to get it out). In addition, if the body has what it needs, it doesn't preform better because you gave it more; that is saying if it isn't too much more. The body will do its best to discard the excess but will store a little bit just in case; but that is only a little bit. The only time you need to take supplements is if there is something that your body isn't getting or producing properly.

OmniscientWarrior I think you're missing the point. Anyway, I've have hundreds of published articles on the topic, but maybe I'm wrong.

+OmniscientWarrior Not enough vitamin C can cause constipation. Not enough potassium can cause arrhythmia and a banana won't have enough potassium to correct, neither will OTC potassium - they only have 3% of your daily recommended amount. To get enough potassium to correct an arrhythmia by juicing kale daily, you would have to spend about $10 a day and drink ungodly amounts of juice which most people gulp down rather than sip throughout the day, missing the point of juicing entirely and not getting the nutrients the intended to get. People with chronic illnesses truly need vitamin supplementation regardless of their diet. And, many chronic illnesses are not caused by poor diet. Try getting bit by a tick.

Alicia Danielle That is when you go to supplement what you need but can't get. You don't supplement what you are getting and are filling the need.

actually, anything is bad for your health if you take too much of it. anything really.

+Electro phobia I thought vitamins helped with colds...

+Aaron Luedemann Part of your statement I think you misworded and ended up giving an untrue statement. Vitamins do help with keeping the immune system up to par, but doesn't help when you get sick, just makes you less likely to get sick in the first place. However, if you are malnourished, then you aren't likely to get better either. And if you are already sick because you were malnourished, but then correct it, you are still going to be sick for just as long as you would have if you were never malnourished. Additionally, if you do get sick and you have the proper nourishment, then increasing the vitamins you take isn't going to help you at all. But as always is the case, take too much vitamins, you will develop other health problems that can cause you to be sick or sickly, or even die.

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I sent it to my mom. She told me these people aren't doctors.

M.F.B23 I WAS JUST ABOUT TO DO THIS I WAS FED UP WITH THE ARGUMENTS WITH MY MUM

Your facts don't matter if you're in an argument with your mom. You'll never win 😂

+Sarah Le Truth be told....

Yeah, if you have a proven deficiency, taking vitamins is okay.

Kirsty Bailey Okay, I thought from what he was saying we just shouldn't take it. I don't really know how vitamins in the body works, somehow they found that out in a blood test. So I guess Vitamin D somehow has to do with the blood. (from what I was taught it sounded like all it had to do with was your hair and skin)

OddJaguar15 He's basically saying that we should have balanced diets, and we get the vitamins we need from that, so there should be no need to take extras. They can test a lot from blood tests - I had an iron deficiency for a while, so I had to take supplements.

its called false advertising

and false advertising is a crime.

Show her this video?

+Tobi Uchiha Middle aged women are the best clients of food supplements and "alternative" medicines. That's why it is massively marketed in female reviews. The only supplement you really need in Northern Europe/America is Vit D (especially if you have dark skin) based on studies because we have tendency to lack of it in Winter due to indoor work and short days.

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Omar Hussein Oh yeah! Thanks!

hmm

+Rude Dog That's false. The placebo effect is psychological. Even if you consciously know something, your brain still wants to cling on to its former beliefs, and you psychologically will still feel the placebo effect.

Some people refuse to believe they're wrong.

japhygato stfu

STFU is the response of a person without an argument. Piss or get off the pot.

japhygato I agree, he does cherry pick doesn't he?

Three things, a you were deficient and yes you should take supplements if you are diagnosed with a deficiency b do you really think you were the only kid at the children's hospital who took vitamin supplements and c it's not hard at all to say that was a coincidence, any number of things could've caused that outcome or it could have just been luck. Correlation does not mean causation.

Guy Person hi there. I was the only person with an osteosarcoma that took vitamins. The other kids didn't and they all lost their legs. Also the researcher who discovered a way to save the legs of osteosarcoma patients is now concluding that vitamin d can help kill bone cancer cells

Nivan Sharma Vitamin D is a nice example of a vitamin you shouldn't take too much off, you don't want too much Calcium in your body.

gotta love the D

Nivan Sharma sad news is the synthetic vitnam d you take is meaningless....try Blue Ice Fermented Cod Liver Oil in place of your synthetic vitamin d

yes

+dumb guy nope not gonna happen religion is mainly based on faith. other than the fact that it would cause too much controversy, faith in god is not exactly something you can disprove. please stop this religious hate respect the choice of others.

+dumb guy dude i´m not religious but i know for sure that´s an awful idea and kind of offensive

Ace Child no, i like to hate religious people. they are generally ignorant and there are many charts out there that can tell you that lol.

Gabriela Martins and why is it offensive? if everything religion has said about the world is true then why is criticism so bad and offensive? science, for example, embraces criticism.

no ur wrong lol

This is often how argumentation works. People get sucked into the ethos of Adams new found authority, how ever that doesn't mean that everything he says is true... or at least it seems that he often nitpicks facts in his favor. The show would be no where near as successful if everything were "uncertain" or showed both sides of what Adam is trying to prove. When seeing things like this, I'd definitely agree it would be a good idea to do your own research to back up his facts, rather than simply taking his word for it. Unfortunately some people blindly follow everything Adam says... so in some ways he might be spreading more falsification than was originally intended by this show.

Correlation is not Causation

I haven't had the flu for years myself, but I don't take supplements either.

+Comrade Silly Otter This got me thinking really. Not a single supplement at all?

Ramir Enriquez I don't take supplements. :P You don't need them if you have a diet that is well rounded. Your body gets all it needs from your food. That being said, they are often used in areas that don't have enough food variety. Such as poor areas in nations such as China, Indonesia, and so forth. But if you have a deficiency, then that is what supplements are intended for.

You got sick because you were over-correcting. You'll also remember your notes better when drunk if you studied while drunk. Basically, you're creating an unnecessary dependency.