I’m generally against pills of any kind, including vitamins. This can partially be explained by the fact that I come from several generations of physicians.

I also feel the marketing of vitamins in the US amounts to a multi-level marketing scam with little benefit. I’m a big believer in eating healthy (or at least not overly unhealthy), and eating lots of fruit. This can partially be explained by my Iranian heritage – fruit is the normal “dessert” after meals and is served at every social occasion.

So that basically left me as an anti-vitamin-pill guy. Friends, acquaintances, and even random annoying strangers would tell me about the miraculous benefits of vitamins, but it had no effect.

After watching this presentation, however, I’m a believer. I love the way this guy speaks. It’s a science talk so it won’t be for everyone, but it did the trick for me. I’m going to redouble my efforts to make sure my family has good fruit intake, and I might even… gasp… buy that pack of multi-vitamins from costco.