So Do You Think You Really Need Dietary Supplements?

Due to man’s quest for longer life, others are lulled into taking dietary supplements who promises one to be always in the pink of health. Aside from healthy living is somewhat overlooked and mind-set the public from relying on dietary supplements rather then exercising and eating right.

Recent study revealed that dietary supplements are actually unnecessary. Living healthy, eating right paired with active lifestyle is enough for the body to combat diseases and be able to live longer. 

Every year in North America the estimated amount we spend on vitamins and dietary supplements is $20 billion and growing. So why do we spend so much? Is it even necessary? Or for that matter safe? Well to be honest you will never get a black and white answer, so what we need to establish is you have to make your own informed choice.

Annually, Americans cash out a staggering $20 billion on vitamins and dietary supplements alone.  Do we really have to cash out that big? Or is the amount shelled out is worth it? Other medical personnel don’t have a unanimous answer when it comes to dietary supplements and it affectivity. Bottom line is, as a consumer it is a must that whenever he purchases any dietary supplements, it is an informed choice.

The people love affair with vitamins and dietary supplements can be simplified to our fast-paced living lifestyle. Instead of cooking fresh food where most of vitamins and minerals are obtained, people took the easiest way, and that is ingesting dietary supplements. Imagine one don’t have to shop at the grocery, store them at the fridge and cook. The shortcut indeed is a great save in time. No matter how aggressive nutritional experts in persuading the public to invest time and money into cooking decent balanced meals instead of reaching for the vitamin bottle would be futile as living nowadays is all racing against time.

However there are circumstances wherein it is really recommended to take supplement such as cod liver oil and omega 3 fish oil. Pregnant women are also advised to take folic acid in the early part of the pregnancy. For those babies who are purely breast fed should be given vitamin K and D and fluorine. Also senior citizens of 65 years and over are advised to take a vitamin D supplement on a regular basis.

To sum this up, in order for our body to utilize efficiently the ingested vitamins and minerals, moderation is the key. Having scarce and too abundance of vitamins can cause more harm than good.






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