To Vitamin or Not to Vitamin? Who’s right?
Recently a family member went to the Doctor’s Office for a routine check up. During the visit the mention of taking vitamins and supplements was brought up. The physician who is well respected in their medical institution responded to the inquiry that unless one has significant disease you do not need vitamins or supplements. In fact, this physician left the impression vitamins are ” poison ” . Do you take vitamins and supplements? I think there is more reason to take them than not.
Doc
June 5th, 2009 at 12:28 am
Agreed. Vitamin quality varies. What you see on the label can often be misleading regarding the potency and quality of the raw ingredients. Ways to ensure a good product is to look for standards recommended by FDA for manufacturing compliance such as GMP ( Good Manufacturing Practices ) certification, SOP( Standard Operating Procedures), Vendor Qualification Program to ensure quality raw materials, In-House Laboratory to verify product specifications and Independent auditor inspections.
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