How importortant are daily supplements when you eat a healthy diet?

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And from my annual check up, I am in pretty good health over all.

However, I am getting older but my intake of food is still the same. I love food and rather get all the necessary nutrient from food than pills. I gag when trying to swallow them...yuck.

TheAnswerer · Accepted Answer

Daily supplements are required for those who either are unhealthy or have unhealthy diets, and no one else.

I didn't use any kind of supplement in my life until I was 18, yet I am very healthy.

The only reason I used supplements in this last year is because I started studying in a college, and due to the "unhealthy but tasty food" that is in excess in a college environment, I thought I would need a supplement.

Now that I'm back home for the summer vacation, I've stopped using supplements, but will start again on September for my second college year.

Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that a healthy person with a healthy diet does not need supplements. Only use supplements if a doctor tells you you should, or if your diet seriously lacks the nutrients / vitamins / etc. your body needs.

TheManHimself · Accepted Answer

Just don't eat saturated fats and processed food. Eat organic and a lot of veggies and you will live a lot and look young.

I think taking supplements is not a bad idea. Specially fish oil, maybe some green tea pills and garlic.

Drink pure water and avoid at all costs HFCS, sugar and white flour, which is processed food anyway, so that's a given,

psychman · Accepted Answer

Viatamins can help but the need for supplements are overatted.  However I would refer you to mark sisson, he is a paleo dietitionist (is that a word?) and has the body of a 20 year old and is in his fifties or sixties.  Look him up on YouTube, he has a channel filled with great information.

rachiee · Accepted Answer

With a healthy and balanced diet you don't need supplements. Since you're older, though, I would suggest you maybe look into taking single supplements (not a full multivitamin) that help your bones, breasts (breast cancer becomes more common among older women), eyesight, hearing, etc. You don't have to do it and you can definitely pick and chose but its just a suggestion I'd definitely give. Its always good to plan ahead and take measures that may help you later down the road.

Multivitamins are tricky. They're more for people who forget to get all the nutrients they need daily/eat healthy instead of the people who already eat healthy.

Izzy2102 · Accepted Answer

supplements, are for athletes and people who eat insanley unhealthy the vast majority of us, don't need them. Everything you need will in your food

martyfellow · Answer

With a healthy diet you don't NEED supplements and they are probably somewhat harmful, excpet maybe for Vitmamin C... Extra Omega fatty acids also won't do any harm.  A lot of 'healthy' diets are deficient in those.

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