Supplement.
I write and think a lot about food, nutrition, and food and as a primary medicine but I I decidedly avoid the topic of vitamins. Vitamins and minerals are, of course, and essential part of our health and vitality; and yes, we should be able to get all the vitamins and minerals we need from our regular diets. I believed this for a very long time. And then, in my late twenties, I had health problems. I was regularly exposed to toxic chemicals in my environmental cleanup work, and previous illnesses had left my immune system weakened. When I finally found a health care practitioner that prescribed vitamins I was dubious. I thought that the vitamin industry was mostly just scamming lazy people that couldn't be bothered to eat right.
Then I started taking targeted vitamins at specific dosages designed to address my deficiencies. And I felt much, much better. I also started catching less colds and flu bugs and getting over them faster. The right vitamins have helped fight leg cramps, improved my mood, and gotten me through some big-time cold seasons. Now, I have a daily dose that changes with the seasons and makes me feel noticeably better when I take it regularly. I am grateful for this. Sometimes it's worth testing our own assumptions and paradigms. You never know what your truth might be.
The FDA's website about vitamins:
http://www.fda.gov/forconsumers/consumerupdates/ucm118079.htm
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