Are you in favor of taking dietary supplements.? Why? Please elaborate your answers. .Thank you!?

Pllease give me the medical and scientific effects of dietary supplements in our body.

I'm purely in favor of taking supplements!

Most people don't get 100% of the nutrients we need from our foods: the vitamins, the minerals, the antioxidants, the folic acid, the fiber, the protein, or whatever.

Multivitamins (I take GNC's Women's Ultra-Mega Active) as well as add a fiber powder supplement to my morning fruit smoothie.

Vegetarians lack protein; they need protein powder.

People on Atkins lack everything but protein; they need a lot of supplements.

Supplements are just that: supplements. You still need the right foods to make them work correctly.

I don't know about medical or scientific reasons but how about personal reasons.
I used to be a weight lifter for over five years. I used supplements to boost my energy. It works well. I could lift for three hours a day. Without it I could only do one hour.
Heres the thing, sometimes it wont work properly and speed up your heart rate (which obviously is bad). Other times it will make you feel really s.h.i.t.t.y. and worn down and nauseous. Other times it might give you a very unnatural high (energy wise) and very shaky. When you take them, what your doing is gambling for your health.
I cant even take them anymore. My chest hurts real bad when I do and I can wait for it to ware off (next morning).
The thing is, its not just me, I have had other friends that weight lifted and had the same problems.
We never abused it either, we follow directions and drank plenty of water so things should have been okay.
I would recommend staying away from any kind of pills.
Weight gainers are not so bad just don't replace meals for them.

Good luck and be safe.

I take certain supplements to ensure I get adequate amounts of vital nutrients. Vitamin C, 250 mg; zinc, 12.5 mg, about 10 mg each of the B vitamins riboflavin, thiamine, niacin, etc., 1/2 teaspoon cod liver oil for vitamins A and especially D, because I avoid sun exposure; 200 IU vitamin E from mixed tocopherols; 500 mg glucosamine sulphate for joint health; 200 micrograms chromium picolinate to help regulate blood sugar, and a few other supplements such as kelp for iodine.

I take those in addition to eating a nutritious, well-balanced diet which includes omega-3 fats, potassium, calcium, and magnesium, mainly from green vegetables, potatoes, and nuts.

I am in favor of intelligent use of various nutritional supplements. there are many that are definetly effective and others not so much.

when it comes to diet pills etc. far too many people abuse them or do not know how to use them properly. for many they are perfectly safe and for those who tend to think "more must be better", they should not have access to them...the old catch 22

It depends really. These days, in the modern world there is a tendency to over-supplement. Lots of people are suffering from avitaminosis (technical term for getting too many vitamins) and this has significant side-effects. On the other hand, not getting enough vitamins has been a focus point for years and the effects of this are well recognised and documented. Mostly, if you eat well-balanced meals with lots of variety and plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables, meat 3 times a week or so and dairy (particularly yoghurt), you won't have any issues and there won't be a need to supplement. There are some cases where supplements are required. This includes vegetarians. Most vegetarians have a deficiency in vitamin b12 because vitamin b12 is not found in any plant source. It MUST come from an animal source, but there are supplements you can take. Deficiencies in b12 can result in loss of coordination and balance along with other neurological consequences. If you are particularly concerned about the intake of specific vitamins, I recommend keeping a food diary and trying to manage a broad diet (you can also look up on google good sources for some specific vitamins). Otherwise you can visit a nutritionist and they can help you calculate he amounts of vitamins you need daily and what intake you are currently getting. Apart from this, there are some low dose multivitamin supplements that I recommend as they arein LOW dosages and are less like;ly to cause avitaminosis but may help to make sure u have a base amount of each vitamin that you are recieving so you ensure you get some at least.

I am in favor, they helped me out big time. The ones I used were designed to target cellular nutrition and so not only did i lose weight but i improved my health over all by re-building damaged cells in my body. The products were designed by the top doctors and nutritionists in the world including the nobel prize winner in medicine. Their cliinical trials have shown nothing but success and good health, if losing some pounds of any description and inches is what you want then I would suggest you use a diet that is all natural and is rich in protein and vitamins, which is what the FDA recommends. I used a protein based diet after a friend who had lost a lot of weight with this recommended it to me. All the way through you feel great and energized, you also get great coaching and support along the way. The people are very friendly and gave me lots of great advice. I needed to lose 40 pounds and I did so with no problems. The products really work and you feel great whilst losing weight. I lost all my weight in less than four months and they have helped me to keep it off. I would definitely recommend using them. My sister did this also and lost 76 pounds in five months (She works out, I don鈥檛). There is no pressure and they will even send you a load of free samples so you can try before you buy. The samples were the thing that initially convinced me that this was the right diet for me. You also a get a free complete health consultation with the samples, I just paid the postage and handling, but for what I got it was well worth it. You just go to www.myhealthabc.com to register your details to get the free samples and the free advice etc and then they just call you up and ask you a few questions. It was so easy. Their main site is www.myhealthabcmall.com and you can see all the products and packages and order from their. Its nice to have contact with real people who care about you losing weight and improving your health. I am in better health now than I have ever been thanks to these products and I know that I will continue to keep the weight off with the help I have received. I hope this helps.