Having run through practically every substance found on earth that could realistically be described as having health benefits as part of ‘Magic Ingredient’, we’ve opted to kick off a new regular – on health facts. This week, it’s on storing your vitamins.
According to scientists at Purdue University, the kitchen is a poor choice of location in which to store your vitamins and multivitamins – and the bathroom is even worse. The study showed that high humidity makes multivitamins less effective.
Meanwhile, when they tested vitamin C – the immune system booster that helps alleviate muscle pain after exercise, they discovered that just one week in 86 per cent humidity (equivalent to being in a kitchen with a pot boiling), the vitamin’s effectiveness was reduced to practically zero. And it wasn’t just vitamin C – most of the other vitamins exposed to similar conditions degraded in the same way.
A recent report in Nutritional Supplements in Sports and Exercise, meanwhile, recommended that while we should all be taking multivitamins, they are most effective when kept cool and dry – so store them in the fridge.
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