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Insurance from Multivitamins Americans have been taking multivitamin/mineral supplements since the early 1940s, and an estimated one-third of all U.S. consumers take them regularly as insurance against nutritional shortfalls. Multivitamins account for almost one-sixth of all purchases of dietary supplements and 40 percent of all sales of vitamin and mineral supplements—nearly $6 billion annually. Taking […]