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Why would you sell a supplement that provided way above the minimum daily requirement?

Asked by rojo (24179points) February 11th, 2013

In the store this weekend and noticed that a Zinc supplement said it provided 333% of the minimum daily requirement.
Why would you do this? Why not make the pills ⅓ the size and only offer 111%? You can still sell them 100 to a bottle even if they are smaller. What would be the thinking in such overkill? Is it just the American mindset in “more is better”?

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