I recently heard someone ask, “will taking vitamin make me gain weight?”. I never really considered a connection between vitamins and weight gain, so I decided to investigate the subject and do some research.
I found that daily multivitamins may be recommended for weight gain for people who are underweight, not overweight! I think some overweight people may have overheard the words, “weight gain” and “vitamins”, and come to the conclusion that their multivitamin was making them fat…
Apparently, lack of vitamins in some people may make it hard for them to gain weight, and starting to take these vitamins helps weight gain (this is what I have read online, I don’t know how scientifically accurate it is). Online, I did read about a few firsthand experiences of people gaining a few pounds after starting their vitamin supplements, so I definitely think there is some truth to vitamins and gaining weight.
So, if you are overweight, and are asking “will my vitamins make me gain weight?”, the answer is no. Its perfectly safe to continue taking supplements, or begin taking supplement, when you are trying to lose weight.
You don’t need to worry about losing weight while taking a multivitamin, unless of course you are underweight… But I highly doubt that any of us are, so happy vitamin supplement taking!
3 responses so far ↓
1 SheFit // Jun 23, 2009 at 3:52 pm
Thanks for researching this. I never really thought about this topic.
2 barryswife // Nov 7, 2009 at 1:56 pm
I knew it. Thank-you so much for posting this. I consider myself to be normal weight or on the low end of it anyway. Def. not underweight. Every single time I take vitamins I gain 2 pounds within what seems like days. This is not to say it stops there?? When I stop taking vitamins, I loose the weight back off. As long as I am taking vitamins, I can not loose an ounce, even when I’m biking a lot, watching what I eat, nothing. Now to figure out what to do about it. I know I need the vitamins, but who wants to watch their weight keep climbing?
3 rick // Dec 9, 2009 at 5:03 pm
Thank you barrywife. I struggled for almost a year to lose weight I went from 270 down to 215 in about 7 months, yes I am proud of myself. but then I felt as if i needed vitamins when I got to that weight and started hiking, biking and walking so I took multivitamins and in less than two months I have gained 10-15 pounds back yet none of my eating or excersize habits have changed so I will stop the vitamins and see what happens from there. But what you said makes perfect sense. I still need to get to 180 doctors orders imagine when I went in to see him with the weight gain he was not happy. Thank you for the heads up. Rick
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