Do Supplemental Vitamins Actually Work?

A vitamin a day keeps you healthy to play. Or does it?
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CREDITS:

Vintage Juvenal ad is in the public domain. Source from archive.org:
https://archive.org/details/1954CommercialForJuvenalad1

Nature’s Way Alive! Gummies image source:
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Nature-s-Way-Alive-Multi-Vitamin-Dietary-Supplement-Gummies-for-Children-60-count/21290996

Vintage Nutrilite image source:
http://www.vintage-adventures.com/vintage-healthcare-medical-dental-ads/1479-1953-nutrilite-ad-when-your-doorbell-rings.html

SOURCES:
http://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/food-nutrition/vitamin-supplements/question129.htm

http://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/food-nutrition/vitamin-supplements/multivitamins-good-for-me.htm

http://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/food-nutrition/vitamin-supplements/body-absorb-vitamins.htm

Want to Stay Healthy? Don’t Rely on Vitamins. By: Sifferlin, Alexandra, Time.com, 11/12/2013

Vitamin Supplements: Hope vs. Hype. By: Perez, Rachel, Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter, 15260143, Aug2011, Vol. 29, Issue 6

Are the top-selling vitamins worth taking? (cover story). (2011). Consumer Reports on Health, 23(3), 1-5.

Guallar E, Stranges S, Mulrow C, Appel LJ, Miller ER. Enough Is Enough: Stop Wasting Money on Vitamin and Mineral Supplements. Ann Intern Med. 2013;159:850-851.