Multivitamins and Supplements a Waste of Money for Most People

With a few exceptions, they don’t improve health, research finds

Robert Roy Britt
4 min readJun 21, 2022

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Americans spend some $50 billion a year on vitamins and dietary supplements. Most of that money would be better spent on fruits and vegetables, stress-reducing activities or just about anything else deemed good for you.

Robert Roy Britt

Editor of Wise & Well, independent health and wellness journalist, author of Make Sleep Your Superpower.