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  1. If you pop Tums for heartburn, there is a great substitute, Turmeric ! The stuff is great , works
    very well has no side effect, except possibly staving off Alzheimer’s. You can buy it at Walmart supplement section or you can purchase it at the spice aisle & put it in to capsules yourself. Inexpensive unlike those pricey stomach acid inhibitors.

  2. If one eats a well balanced diet, no one needs dietary supplements. The supplements marketed to the worry warts are a scam.

  3. parker:

    Actually, for older women, calcium supplements help avoid bone loss. Nature doesn’t care all that much about older women; their bones are expendable 🙂 .

    Especially helpful for those like me who are lactose intolerant. Although it also helps to do weight-bearing exercise (I walk).

  4. As an RN I scoffed at supplements most of my life but now the internet has come along & researching *self help* is incredibly
    easy. Pubmed is a totally legitimate US Gov run site that has
    thousands of articles supporting or refuting the latest results on all the research being done. Granted the reading is dry & it helps to have an interest in science ! (lol) But usually the articles are condensed to an *abstract* that gets to the crux of it !
    We can all recall how just lately *Cholesterol* has been removed from dietary purgatory, so just suggesting a healthy diet is meager advice. Most Americans are woefully deficient in Vit D (a nutrient with myriad functions in the body)
    & people don t even know that it is weight dependent that is if you carry extra weight you need daily Vit D that is above the
    400 IU in a multivit. Men require more than women too.
    B vitamins are important in warding off chances of a stroke
    & B vitamins are more poorly absorbed from our diet as we age. Metformin the first line treatment for Type 2 diabetes
    interferes with B vitamin absorption, which will increase a condition, diabetic neuropathy ( big pharma sells RX cures
    for this condition that cost $$$ you ve seen the adds)
    They don t *tell *their customers of course, THAT trying
    B Vitamin supplements (which feed the body’s nerves) might be the cheapest & most effective way to take care of diabetic neuropathy with out *Lyrica or Cymbalta*

  5. I think we could get several groups to fight all day about what makes up a healthy diet.

    Regardless of the definition, I have to wonder how many people do eat what the majority would consider to be a healthy diet…
    No one in my family does – I’m not saying that everyone eats a bad diet, but perhaps not the best.

    In addition, there have been studies showing that the nutritional make-up of food has decreased over the last 30-50 years. In my (limited) gardening, I try to buy the older classic lines (seedsavers.com for example). They usually taste better too.

    And ‘fresh veggies’ in the store – how many are old, or picked too soon before ripening? Give me frozen or canned in addition to fresh…

    And with so many modern illnesses – those that can deplete the stores of certain vitamins, or the meds that can deplete them. I have a SEVERE B-12 deficiency, brought on in part by use of proton pump inhibitors.

    And yes, a severe D3 deficiency as well as so many of us.

    So while medical science tries to keep up (while changing advice monthly), I’ll keep taking some supplements at reasonable levels.

  6. Future generations will probably think stuff like this brought the collapse of the American Empire.

    Just like some people think it was lead poisoning for Rome.

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