12 Vitamin Mistakes You Might Not Realize You’re Making

Unless your doctor recommends one for a specific reason, this daily habit may be worth skipping. "For the most part, multivitamins are a poor investment, says Les Emhof, MD, an MDVIP-affiliated physician in Tallahassee, Florida. "They just give you expensive urine." In an editorial published in the Annals of Internal Medicine in 2013, Johns Hopkins University researchers concluded that popping a multi does not lower disease or mortality risk. Experts agree that your best bet is to get vitamins and minerals from whole foods.