The issue of taking supplements is a highly contentious and fiery topic.
People who take supplements swear by them yet the science just doesn’t seem to be there for most of them.
My question is then, do we take anecdotal evidence as gospal or do we rely on what the scientific data is saying?
If we do decide to supplement, who do we trust for the right dosage and combination?
The supplement stores selling them (hardly objective) or the people taking them (are they qualified to do so)?
To me it seems like a minefield where these isn’t an obvious conclusion.
Hi Phillip. I absolutely agree. If we take a close look at who provided the funds for the research we’ll find that a lot of these pharmaceutical companies are paying for their own research. I’m pretty sure that would be a conflict of interest. Supplementation is over used and poorly understood. I supplement with iron because of my anaemia but I can also improve my iron absorption by simply having something with vitamin C in it while I eat the iron containing food. I also need to avoid calcium and tannin when taking or eating iron as these substances block iron absorption. Without knowledge of supplementation it can be a costly and sometimes dangerous endeavour.
Everyone tells you that your food is 25% less deficient that it was 100 years ago.
Instead of getting a Vit A supplement, why not eat another 25% of another carrot.
Surely that is cheaper?
Besides alot of the nutritional companies are now been bought out by all those pharmaceutical companies, besides the word “pharmaceutical” means poison maker.
Duh !!