Supplements supplements everywhere...it's all HYPE!

So, I realized, I'm always asked about supplements, antioxidant pills, "miracles in a bottle".

Well, it's all hype.

Granted, there are some vitamin and mineral supplements that truly are beneficial to take, such as folic acid (if you're planning on becoming pregnant), vit.C, Calcium, vit.D, and of course a multivitamin. I say that, because unfortunately, our diets have become lax in providing adequate amounts of these nutrients, and therefore, it doesn't hurt to have the reassurance or insurance of taking these.

But...when it comes to such as herbals, and antioxidant powders, pills, and drinks, I become extremely leery.

The best and most natural way to obtain antioxidants is by eating the whole fruit or vegetable. When you're taking the compound in pill form, you're just receiving the antioxidant or herb. Yet, when you're getting it from its little package of the fruit or vegetable, you're also receiving tens of hundreds of other nutrients that interact in a synergistic way to make that nutrient more bioavailable, more accessible for your body.

Additionally, you're obtaining so much more by eating the whole fruit or vegetable including the color of the fruit or vegetable which in itself contains thousands of healthful phytonutrients (plant nutrients), and fiber.

Also, not enough information is known about the interactions of a single nutrient on the body, nor are these supplements regulated by any governmental agency (as are drugs), which means that they may not even contain what they say they contain.

So, don't fall for the "hype" of the pills, or the advertisements, or the gimmicks...you'll be opening your wallet, and making their bank accounts a little "healthier,"...but yourself? Well, that's subject to questioning.

Buyer beware