there is a fad of supplements. Supplements are important for certain conditions and life styles(?) for sure. But they’ve been over sold I think as a dietary supplement to be normalized. I grew up with the education thinking they are the necessity. Like part of nutrition and regular diet.
It is not a necessity with the right food tho.
I had found Supplements became unnecessary when I implemented food balance in meals (always more veggies, fruit and beans) and looked up how much exactly is in different types of food and measure it. Logging is pretty important to train the habit though. Used to have no idea if I had been doing the right levels. Just took multivitamins and thought I was good. Now I just keep a bottle of calcium and vitamin d around if after I checked my levels and found I didn’t get enough during the day. Most stuff is already supplemented via the diet. Like all the a b c k vitamins and several minerals. If im doing beans, fruit and veggies every day these shouldn’t be necessary to take in pill form.
(But also alcohol can starve the brain of vit b and cause a brain condition) so I’m scarce on that stuff.
Having said that I still found if doing a whole bunch of overtime and not eating healthy or regularly, or have had oral surgery or oral injury: supplements/adding to blended smoothies are probably necessary for those times.
Isn’t that the truth.
there is a fad of supplements. Supplements are important for certain conditions and life styles(?) for sure. But they’ve been over sold I think as a dietary supplement to be normalized. I grew up with the education thinking they are the necessity. Like part of nutrition and regular diet.
It is not a necessity with the right food tho.
I had found Supplements became unnecessary when I implemented food balance in meals (always more veggies, fruit and beans) and looked up how much exactly is in different types of food and measure it. Logging is pretty important to train the habit though. Used to have no idea if I had been doing the right levels. Just took multivitamins and thought I was good. Now I just keep a bottle of calcium and vitamin d around if after I checked my levels and found I didn’t get enough during the day. Most stuff is already supplemented via the diet. Like all the a b c k vitamins and several minerals. If im doing beans, fruit and veggies every day these shouldn’t be necessary to take in pill form.
(But also alcohol can starve the brain of vit b and cause a brain condition) so I’m scarce on that stuff.
Having said that I still found if doing a whole bunch of overtime and not eating healthy or regularly, or have had oral surgery or oral injury: supplements/adding to blended smoothies are probably necessary for those times.