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Should I Rely on Supplements to Increase my Nutrient Intake?
Nutritional supplements get a lot of play in the world of alternative medicine, yet they do not receive much scrutiny. A supplement is anything that you take that isn’t food or a medication, and are often purchased in grocery stores and online. Others are purchased in stores devoted exclusively to selling supplements like Vitamin World or GNC, and still more are sold directly by members of your community in the form of MLMs like Juice Plus, Herbalife, Doterra or Young Living. In these settings, supplements are being sold and advice is being given by people whose only training comes from the companies they are selling for. This gives the illusion that supplements are safe for just about everyone.
With all the heroic claims made about some supplements, people’s desire to turn to what they perceive as more natural options, and a lack of guidance from their medical doctors regarding nutrition, it’s no wonder people find themselves the victims of some pretty slick marketing strategies.
- Adaptogens
- alcohol
- Allergy
- B Vitamins
- b12
- Basil
- beans
- Blood pressure
- Burdock
- Calcium
- Calendula
- California Poppy
- Carbohydrates
- Cardamom
- Chamomile
- Chocolate
- chromium
- Cinnamon
- Comfrey
- copper
- Craniosacral Therapy
- Dandelion
- Detoxification
- Digestion
- Fiber
- Fire Cider
- Flavonoids
- Flax
- Folate
- Food as Medicine
- Foundations of Health
- Fruit
- Ginger
- Greens
- Hawthorn
- Healing What Ails You
- Herbal Formulations
- Herbal Medicine
- Immune
- Index
- Inflammation
- Iodine
- Iron
- Lemon balm
- Liver
- magnesium
- Manganese
- Marshmallow
- Mental Health
- minerals
- Minerals
- Molybdenum
- Naturopathic Medicine
- Nettle
- Nettles
- Niacin
- Nootropics
- Nutrition
- Oregano
- Pain
- Parsley
- Peppermint
- Potassium
- Poultice
- Protein
- Recipe
- Recipes
- Riboflavin
- Rose
- Rosemary
- Sage
- Seed Cycling
- Selenium
- Skin
- Sleep
- Sodium
- Sunshine
- Supplements
- Thiamin
- Thyme
- Thyroid
- Turmeric
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin D
- Vitamin E
- Vitamin K
- water
- Whole Grains
- Zinc