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Article: EATING WELL-BALANCED DIET BETTER THAN TAKING VITAMINS
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- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- May 24, 1990
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Which is better advice: "Eat all your vegetables" or "Don't
forget your vitamins"?
Eat your vegetables. A well balanced diet is, overall, better
than taking vitamins. Healthy people who eat a reasonably well
balanced diet get adequate amounts of vitamins and minerals. As an
added bonus, nature has provided for the fact that many vitamins and
minerals work in tandem - you need one for the other to work.
Vitamin supplements, on the other hand, don't always balance
these needs. And while it may seem a simple matter to
"self-diagnose" your need for vitamins, it's not as easy (or as
safe) as it seems.
Taking too many vitamins can actually be toxic. As a general
rule, any supplement ...