This multi-vitamin (MV), multi-mineral(MM) market is a multi-billion dollar business exploiting human weakness of health conscious people who are looking for shortcuts for better health & immunity. Companies are making the best use of this vulnerability.

A healthy person don't need any of these! Yes, when I say "healthy" I mean anyone who is free of any visible diseases or illness. Yes a person would definitely need right dosages of specific vitamin/mineral for certain conditions/illness arising out of deficiencies or lower levels of these. In such cases it has to prescribed by a doctor, nutritionist or a therapist who knows to treat such conditions. In certain cases healthy people who are trying for certain objectives like muscle building, improving testosterone, etc would also need specific supplements but not multi-vitamin/minerals. And nobody needs MV/MM.

I don't think any of the forum members here are malnutritioned unless if any are alcoholic, drug abused or starved for any reasons. If someone thinks he/she needs regular intake of MV/MM for survival on a continuous basis then that person really has some problems and needs a thorough checkup. He/She might be having some problem in fulfilling the requirements naturally from the food available.

Please note that none of these 1000s of brands proved to contributes better health directly, neither it's proven to prevent Cancers or any diseases. They market their products by purely projecting the benefits of individual ingredients it contains (either vitamins or minerals).

Ask any medical practitioners, they will tell you the same thing. Some of the practitioners are confused themselves.

You will earn better health by having a healthy diet - from commonly available fruits, vegetables and fresh food (egg, meat, sea food, milk etc). Also a little bit of exercises.

I don't think there is anything wrong in having these supplements, but it's not worth the time, effort and money you spent on procuring and using it.

These are just my personal opinion..... not to offend anyone.