Health supplements

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Health supplements are great ways to improve your health. Many people do not get all of the nutrients that their body needs every day. This is why health supplements work – they give your body the extra nutrients that your diet may not have provided. Many people may not believe in health supplements, but these same people may very likely be the ones who take extra vitamin Cs when they think they are coming down with a cold or at least drink extra orange juice.

Vitamins and minerals are important for our bodies to stay healthy and at their optimum level, and sometimes you just can not get all of the vitamins and minerals necessary from your daily diet. Whether you just take vitamin C when you feel a cold coming on or calcium to prevent osteoporosis, health supplements can be very beneficial.

Because of questions associated with health supplements and not enough long-term studies done on them yet, people have come up with many myths about health supplements. Here are a few example of myths associated with health supplements:

· Taking too much Vitamin C as a health supplement can be harmful. This is not true. The recommended dosage of vitamin C is only 60 mg per day – many people exceed this amount just by eating a bowl of vitamin enriched cereal. People have been “taking too much” Vitamin C for years and there have been no problems with it. Vitamin C has had good antioxidant effects, though – it protects against some cancers and boosts the immune system (which is why we take it when we have a common cold). Vitamin C is perfectly safe at doses up to 6 grams per day.
· Health supplements are only for athletes and body builders. This is not true. Average individuals need pretty much the same vitamins and minerals as athletes do. Also, many people who can not eat a varied diet can really benefit from health supplements as can people who need an excess of certain vitamins and minerals for their health.
· Health supplements like Vitamin B6 can cause nerve damage. This is not true. If, though, you take Vitamin B6 in doses between 2-6 grams (which is over 100 times the daily requirement) over long periods of time, you could get some nerve damage… possibly. But this is a very excessive amount, and nobody needs to take any health supplements in such excessive amount. Most consumers will never have any risks associated with such health supplements.
· Smoking and drinking affect the nutrients obtained from your diet. This actually is true. If you drink an excess of alcohol and/or smoke, it may affect the nutrients obtained in your diet. For example, smoking cigarettes can destroy some Vitamin C. Therefore, many smokers may need to double their intake of Vitamin C compared to non-smokers.

If you are not sure whether or not you ought to be taking health supplements, talk to your doctor. There is a chance that if you are regularly missing some nutrients in your diet, you can replenish them with food, not just health supplements
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