{"id":3996,"date":"2019-08-13T06:24:50","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T20:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/180nutrition.com.au\/?p=3996"},"modified":"2019-08-13T14:52:19","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T04:52:19","slug":"3000-vitamin-pills-protein-snacks-the-result-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/180nutrition.com.au\/nutrition\/3000-vitamin-pills-protein-snacks-the-result-was\/","title":{"rendered":"Ever Wondered if Vitamin Pills Actually Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You would like to think so with Americans now spending an estimated $28 billion a year!<\/strong> This is a figure that has doubled over the last 15 years and continues to grow.<\/p>\n With that kind of turnover, it is an industry that wouldn’t appreciate what Time journalist John Cloud<\/a> had to say on the matter.<\/p>\n John Cloud did the self experiment following the regime of a US vitamin company over 5 months. He was prescribed 22 vitamins a day along with highstreet protein bars and psyllium fibre.<\/p>\n He had a doctor to check him before and after the experiment. The only noticeable effect was that his vitamin D had increased. Interestingly he also increased his girth measurements by a total of almost 5kg.<\/p>\n It is fair to say we don’t know how questionable this experiment was.<\/strong> There’s no mention of exercise, what the protein snacks or bars were and what his daily diet consisted of.<\/p>\n I do wonder though if the general consensus amongst us is by simply that by taking a vitamin pill our health will improve. What about the food we eat and the lifestyles we lead?<\/strong> Surely that has much more impact long term?<\/p>\n What I can say for sure is the spin on marketing I see in the fitness industry when it comes to protein powders, bars and protein snacks is greatly skewed. It still amazes me the amount of females that ask me if they will get big muscles or put on weight by consuming a protein powder? Yet a healthy protein snack<\/a> would actually have the opposite effect and help most females find their true natural weight. But hey, if a product uses advertising featuring big muscles or a swimsuit model, it’s got to be good for you right?<\/p>\nThe result?<\/h3>\n
You would like to think so with Americans now spending an estimated $28 billion a year! This is a figure that has doubled over the last 15 years and continues to grow. With that kind of turnover, it is an industry that wouldn’t appreciate what Time journalist John Cloud had to say on the matter. Read More…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[244],"tags":[232,1267,1268,419,589,543,1132,612,1269,154,279,1270,1271,1043,792,1199,541,719,1272,177,326,330,1273,225,290,1274,1275,1170,613,1276,1277,1278,1189,1279,1280],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n3000 vitamin pills & protein snacks. The result was?<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n