Are dietary supplements good for you?

Throughout a better part of the twentieth century, nutrition recommendations seemed to focus more upon “what not to eat”. For instance, recommendations were to limit dietary substances such as saturated fatty acids, cholesterol, and sodium. Today, scientists are recognising that the other side of the nutrition coin, or “what to eat,” may be just as important, if not more so.

At times the food we consume does not meet the daily recommended amounts of micro nutrients (vitamins, minerals and amino acids) which are essential for normal/ optimal body function and their lack causes deficiencies and increases vulnerability to disease onset.