Take her reliance on vitamin infusions. Although she swears she feels energized and sharper after a B-vitamin drip, studies don’t support such claims. In fact they consistently show no better efficacy than placebo. And they aren’t without risks—when performed outside of a hospital setting (as most of these so-called “medi-spas” are), there is no guarantee of purity or sterility. And although intravenous vitamin delivery may be recommended for a small percentage of individuals with a medically verifiable deficiency, most physicians agree that oral administration is the proper course.
