The Healthy Eating Guide

There has been a great deal in the newspapers, on TV and Radio this week about Vitamins and Supplements and the potential damage they can do. I am not a Doctor, however I like to think I am a woman of reasonable intelligence and common sense.

This is my ‘common sense’ view on the topic which is raging all around us at the moment. If you have a healthy, balanced diet – why do you need supplements? I fully accept that there are some times in life when, following illness or as a result of certain health conditions your body might need some support, but surely not all the time. The human body does not hold vast reserves of vitamins and you should get all you need if you ensure that you have a diet that includes all the food groups. Anthing else is a waste of money and a strain on your body to process it.
It strikes me that we often take the ‘pop a pill’ approach to good nutrition because we are aware that we eat too many junk foods that we know are not good – we use them as an antidote. To eat a healthy diet is not difficult – even if you are not the greatest cook in the world, or are pushed for time – there are plenty of healthy and nutritious ready prepared foods available now, and they are a lot less expensive than vast quantities of unnecessary pills