Fox Health: 'I'm a pharmacist, and I wouldn't take these 3 vitamin supplements'

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'I'm a pharmacist, and I wouldn't take these 3 vitamin supplements'

A pharmacist on TikTok called out three different supplements that she claims are not effective in terms of improving health. "I think you're going to be surprised at most of these," she says....                        ...                        ...                            ...There is a variety of guidance about which vitamins and supplements people should take for You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login — especially on social media.......Amina Khan, a pharmacist in the U.K. and founder of The Pharmacist Beauty, addressed her nearly 300,000 followers on TikTok about the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login she'd never take......."I think you're going to be surprised at most of these," she said in the video, which has nearly one million views.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Read on to find out the three she pinpointed.......While gummy vitamins can taste delicious, Khan considers them "basically just a sugar pill," she said......."You might as well go have a sweet," she said. "They are packed with sugar and filler ingredients, and I know so many of you [are] bingeing these."......Khan warned that gummy supplements can be "very easily over-consumed" and can lead to mineral toxicity.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginYou are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"Some of these gummies don't even have enough nutrients in them to have an effect on you," she added.......A multivitamin is often recommended by general practitioners as a good way to get the daily recommended dose of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login.......But since multivitamins have a "bit of everything" in them, Khan noted that some of the doses of each vitamin are "so low they hardly have an effect on you."......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......Khan added that people most likely don't need all the vitamins contained in a multivitamin.......These types of vitamins have grown in popularity to aid with hair and nail growth, as well as You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login.......Grouping all three into one pill is "not solution-focused," according to Khan......."The most important vitamins in these are often too low to even have an effect on you," she noted.......Anyone who has questions about taking a vitamin or supplement should You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login for individualized recommendations....

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