Living Well: A Look at Vitamin Supplements

Although vitamin supplements are a multi-billion dollar industry, medical and nutritional experts urge patients to balance their diets with whole foods for optimal health.
In 2009, the American Botanical Council’s Quarterly Journal estimated that sales of herbal supplements in the United States had reached an estimated high of $5 billion annually. Other stats place it as high as $25 billion. That means consumers are the target. After poring over documents and research on vitamins, it became obvious that vitamin supplements are a complex topic, requiring a good background in disease prevention, nutrition and physiology. When you factor in that current research shows it is often unclear as to whether vitamin or nutritional supplements make a difference when taken in pill form, the topic can have your head spinning.
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