Saturday, August 23, 2008

Why We Need Dietary Supplements


Nutritional or food supplements aims to supply us with vitamins and minerals needed to help keep our bodies fit. It aims to give nutrients that we miss on our diet. The food we take naturally supply us with these needed vitamins and minerals. But because of our choice of food, at times it is impossible for us to complete all the essential nutrients needed by out body.

Vegetarians is perceived to take in all-healthy foods however, they may also still be in need of Vitamin B and amino acids. And as our bodies age, we tend to need more nutrients such as Vitamins A,C, and E.

We are indeed very lucky to be in this age of time, where we can easily purchase drugs such as dietary supplement to provide us the nutrients that we need.

The Council for Responsible Nutrition, in 2002 monograph "The Benefits of Nutritional Supplements" explained that "The regular use of multivitamins and a few other nutritional supplements can measurably improve the nutritional status and lifelong health of the American public. Adoption of the concept of supplementation as a part of personal lifestyles, health care practices, and public policy would benefit individuals, would improve the health profile of the nation as a whole, and could significantly reduce health care costs."

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