# Where to get good advice on vitamins

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-get-good-advice-on-vitamins/405296>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 24, 2007, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-get-good-advice-on-vitamins/405296 "2007-05-24T00:52:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lillith\_Fair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bb73d2/32.png) [@Lillith\_Fair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lillith_Fair)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-get-good-advice-on-vitamins/405296/1 "2007-05-24T00:52:36Z")

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How can you get good vitamin advice? Because most places want to sell you a boatload of vitamins and you don’t know if you can trust them.

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**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-get-good-advice-on-vitamins/405296/2 "2007-05-24T01:30:40Z")

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Talk to your doctor, perhaps? I think you’ve put your finger on the problem, which is that too many people who (claim to) know something about vitamins also just happen to be in the vitamin-selling business…

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-get-good-advice-on-vitamins/405296/3 "2007-05-24T01:40:27Z")

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[SupplementWatch](http://www.supplementwatch.com) has good info.

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**Author:** ![StuffLikeThatThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@StuffLikeThatThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuffLikeThatThere)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-get-good-advice-on-vitamins/405296/4 "2007-05-24T02:26:08Z")

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Have you tried a pharmacist or two? You might hit one that’s anti-vitamin, but my experience has been that they are helpful and knowledgeable. Not all vitamins are good for all people, especially if you are on prescription medication, and a good pharmacist can help you figure out what you need.

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**Author:** ![Chief\_Pedant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-get-good-advice-on-vitamins/405296/5 "2007-05-24T15:22:21Z")

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[QUOTE=Lillith Fair]  
How can you get good vitamin advice? Because most places want to sell you a boatload of vitamins and you don’t know if you can trust them.  
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Choose sources that have no interest in selling a product–either vitamin supplements or books, for example.