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Article: Asking questions about vitamins makes all the difference
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- Daily Record, The Wooster, OH
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- August 10, 2008
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By ADAM BURROUGHS
Staff Writer
RITTMAN -- There are many choices when it comes to vitamins --
once-a-day multivitamins, vitamins for seniors, vitamins for women
and men -- choosing can be confusing and requires proper knowledge.
Or, is the taking of them an unnecessary practice all together?
First and foremost, people need to eat a balanced diet, which
includes five servings of fruits and vegetables a day, said Tom
Gaborick, director of pharmacy at WRH Summa Health System.
Vitamins are meant to be an enhancement to one's diet, not a meal
replacement, he said.
Each vitamin has a specific job. If one has low levels of certain
vitamins, a deficiency disease can develop such as rickets or
scurvy.