2006-09-11 05:39:08 · 13 answers · asked by http://hogshead.pokerknave.com/ 6 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Even if your diet is 100% organic and balanced, you may be still missing some important nutrients your body needs.
But if you are going to take a vitamin, don't just buy any kind....Some vitamins don't dissolve properly in your stomach and you end up not getting anything from it.. Nurses call them Bed Pan Bullets. Take supplements that are chelated since they are absorbed by the body better.Chelation is the pharmaceutical process of bonding each mineral to an amino acid. This bonding makes it easier to digest and assimilate each nutritive mineral for proper utilization in the body. One a Day and Centrium should be avoided unless they say "Chelated'.
Processed foods are robbed the vitamins you need and a diet in highly processed foods can bring on many vitamin deficiencies and lead to health problems,.
2006-09-11 05:58:19 · answer #1 · answered by Cassy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it's not a waste of time. See, it's called a "supplement" because it covers the other nutrients you may not get from eating foods, or lack of certain foods. You can't eat everything, right? THAT'S what a supplement is for.
2006-09-11 12:48:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The average North American eats about a variety of 12-16 foods. This diet is not varied enough and therefore unless you are eating a wide range of foods you may not be getting all the nutrients and vitamins you need.
2006-09-11 12:42:08 · answer #3 · answered by superrrmodel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you say" we eat a lot of food" but in actual fact do we eat "nutritious food " thats where vitamin supplements come in and help us out ,, of courseifyou have a balanced healthy diet bursting with vitamins and minerals you dont need supplements but if you dont or you cant eat certain foods , you should take a vitamin supplement they can help? hope that helped
2006-09-11 12:52:52 · answer #4 · answered by Izzy10 S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No not at all, most of the healthy food we have now hasn't got as much nutritional content as it used to so it is good to have supplement also if you don't like a certain food like dairy products you may get calcium deficiency so will need to take calcium as a supplement, they are good as we don't get enough of what we need out of food anymore!
2006-09-11 12:53:13 · answer #5 · answered by little.lost 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you eat a healthy varied diet and you are not in a potentially vunerable group, some pregnant women, very old people, some children, then yes, a complete waste of time AND MONEY!
2006-09-11 12:42:44 · answer #6 · answered by Raymo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what foods you eat, I take supplements too but only because I'm a slob and eat too much junk.
2006-09-11 12:57:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you eat a healthy balanced diet you should'nt need vitamins or any other supplements.
2006-09-11 12:43:18 · answer #8 · answered by di 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Food is full of crap. Unless it's farm fresh. So unless you live on a farm and eat unprocessed food, supplements are a good idea. Try sanatogen gold.
2006-09-11 12:42:14 · answer #9 · answered by stevensontj 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
try not eating so much, or switch to healthier foods that already have the vitamins you need.
2006-09-11 12:42:03 · answer #10 · answered by sneakytrickster 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋