Why Do You Need to Take Supplements, Even if You Eat a Good Diet?
Many people say “You don’t need to take supplements if you eat a good diet.” Although a good diet is essential to good health, supplements play an instrumental role in various health conditions.
People who don’t understand the value of supplements think they are a waste of money. Others think that they are dangerous and unregulated compounds that should be taken off the market. Some of those products do exist.
The United States is unique compared to the rest of the west in terms of of the freedom of our supplement market. Supplement availability in Europe and Canada is severely limited compared to the United States. With this comes pros and cons.
How to be a smart supplement shopper
The key to understanding supplements is to understand the underlying causes of your condition.
For instance, ten different people can each have a different cause for leaky gut, insomnia, pain, depression, and so on. Buying a “depression supplement,” or an “insomnia supplement,” can often result in failure and frustration, because it might not be what your body needs..
Also, quality matters. Supplements from your local chain supermarket are not going to meet the same standards of quality, care, specificity, and educational support of supplements sold through a practitioner.
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