Vitamins

Are they good for you?

Over the past few years,what could only be described as “vitamania” has swept the world,with up to 40 percent of the population of some countries popping vitamin or food supplement pills daily.

Undeterred by the occasional warning that it is possible to damage the body by overdosing at the breakfast table,there is a blind determination to seek the elixir of life from little brown bottles costing up to £ 10 a time.That we need vitamins is not in dispute.

It’s not down to modern marketing techniques.

Vitamins are a small group of substances that are essential in tiny quantities for qrowth and development.The crucial point about them is that they can not be manufactured by the body itself.they must come from our diet.

The thinking behind the pill rather than the food source of vitamins is that if you take them by the handful,then you don’t have to bother watching what you eat.You can exist on junk food,have a terrible life style and still be just as healthy as the most self-satisfied,highly exercised,keep-fit fanatic.It is easy to see the attraction of this approach.Do we really need to damage our wealth by buying pills to protect our health?Dietitians,nutritionists and other experts are all agreed that aprt from small groups of people in special situations,most of us do not need to have vitamins or food suuplements.We can get what we need from balanced diet.Think before you eat is the best advice around.Common sense is the greatest tool to ensure a good diet.