What the body needs and what the body most benefits from are two different things.
The same organizations smugly suggesting vitamins and supplement have no benefit (or are harmful) are frequently also the ones pushing high carb diets and pharmaceutical drugs on the populous.
And likewise, the same statistical methodology that goes into making a sweeping statement like "supplements aren't good for you" went into the oft repeated fat apologist creed "exercise and diet don't help you lose weight, see, we have numbers, look!"
Here is a good rebuttal article
http://www.lef.org/featured-articles/Reb...fespan.htm
The same organizations smugly suggesting vitamins and supplement have no benefit (or are harmful) are frequently also the ones pushing high carb diets and pharmaceutical drugs on the populous.
And likewise, the same statistical methodology that goes into making a sweeping statement like "supplements aren't good for you" went into the oft repeated fat apologist creed "exercise and diet don't help you lose weight, see, we have numbers, look!"
Here is a good rebuttal article
http://www.lef.org/featured-articles/Reb...fespan.htm