Are Vitamins worth it?

Are vitamins worth it? I'll let MedicalNewsToday answer that:

"You see multivitamins for sale in supermarkets, health shops, pharmacies, general grocery stores and health clubs. Hundreds of millions of people worldwide take them regularly, without fail. But, what good do they do us? We simply don't know"

From USA Today:

Americans spend billions of dollars on vitamins each year, but an expert panel says there's not enough scientific evidence to determine whether a multivitamin/mineral supplement every day helps prevent chronic diseases such as heart disease and cancer.

"We have found no reasons to recommend that people either take them or not take them," says J. Michael McGinnis, chairman of the committee and a senior scholar with the Institute of Medicine."

and later:

"Some vitamin researchers who attended the conference support the use of multivitamins. "Most Americans know they are not eating as well as they should, and they recognize that multivitamins can help fill nutrient gaps," says Jeffrey Blumberg, a nutrition professor at Tufts University in Boston. Studies show that many people's diets fall short on many key nutrients such as vitamin E, vitamin C, vitamin D, magnesium and calcium, he says.

He says many experts recommend multivitamins for the elderly, dark-skinned people — often deficient in Vitamin D — and women of childbearing age. "Taking a multivitamin is a smart lifestyle choice when combined with eating a healthy diet and exercising," Blumberg says.""