I take 50,000 IUs of Vitamin D and a good multi-vitamin, multimineral iron-free supplement (and not just any brand). I have health issues and malabsorption problems (inability to absorb nutrients from food).
My naturopath has very high standards toward health care products. He has a top ten list of the best supplement manufacturers whose products actually contain what?s listed on the bottle.
Vitamins and natural products in general have never killed people except in certain cases compared to the number of people who die from medication complications in hospitals (and that is a well-known fact).
https://ethics.harvard.edu/blog/new-prescription-drugs-major-health-risk-few-offsetting-advantages
Also, I?d like to remind you that the FDA has never approved of a single natural product. They are stacked with former Pharma executives who march to each other?s beat. The FDA was originally set up by pharmaceuticals to push their own interests.
In Ontario, under the premiership of the David Peterson government, then health minister Monte Kwinter passed legislation that to this day stands:
https://vitalitymagazine.com/article/ode-great-politician/amp/
The incredible na?vet? of some of you people on this board is mind boggling. It?s pretty obvious none of you know next to nothing about the history of medicine, pharmaceuticals, herbal medicine, the struggles some doctors went through in helping their patients achieve better health vs medical boards, mistreatment of women by mainstream medicine (from the past), etc., etc.
I know what I?m doing with my health. While it still isn?t where it should be and may never be, it?s helping me cope with whatever symptoms I have to keep me alive and to be able to enjoy Leafs hockey.
Natural/integrative medical modalities have saved my life and I continue to stand by it. While I am currently under no prescribed medications, I understand that they too can be life-saving.
Once again, let me reiterate that no one is advocating people throw out their medicines, but if there is a way to a 50-50 approach or even greater, then all the better for patient outcome. Medications all have side-defects, it practically comes with the territory and there really isn?t much one can do about some greater and some minor, and taking them whatever they may be can cause long-term organ and general health damage to cells.
Many doctors privately believe herbs are better than drugs, just as effective in the longer term. Herbs have been around for thousands of years, long before pharmaceuticals were ever invented.
Everything has it?s risks ?do not self-medicate not even for natural products, always seek out the advice of a healthcare practitioner ? which is why a pragmatic, practical, and realistic approach for one?s health is truly the best advice.
Let?s face it, nutrition and health & wellness have become the lexicon on everyone?s lips. It runs the gamut from health professionals to exercise & wellness experts.
What some of us may not know is that many of those in the natural medicine field were long endorsing the usage of supplementation in it?s various forms, healthy eating habits, body/mind de stressing techniques, etcetera, etcetera, way before anyone had ever heard of it en masse. That?s who we have to thank long before the science behind it.