Take Daily: How Supplements Hijack Our Health with Robyn Openshaw

Episode Highlights With Robyn

How she came to question supplements and how this led to a deep expose book
Why what we call “vitamin D” as a supplement isn’t actually vitamin D and why she questions taking it
It isn’t just about good supplement vs bad supplement, but how to evaluate to know what's helpful and what's not
Why some vitamin D supplements have poison control warnings for pets
When supplements are not just not helpful but directly harmful
Things to know about fish oil, rancidity, and what the metadata says
Understanding B vitamins and why many aren’t what they seem either
B vitamins don’t exist in isolation in nature or in the body and most supplements are not made of any food substance but of chemicals
Questioning vitamin C and iron
Are minerals one of the few deficiency stories that's true due to overfarming?
The one supplement she actually takes and why

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