Poles spend nearly 8 billion zlotys a year on supplements. This is an enormous amount!

Poles spend nearly 8 billion zlotys a year on supplements. This is an enormous amount!

Therefore, it is necessary to educate patients about what dietary supplements are and for what purpose they can be used. We should remember that dietary supplements are foods that contain, among other things, vitamins or minerals, and their purpose is only to supplement the normal diet.

Is buying vitamin supplements throwing money down the drain?

As pharmacists, we recommend ensuring that the body has the right vitamin and mineral requirements, but the basis is a healthy diet. You can consider the use of dietary supplements in certain cases, for example, by the elderly, post-menopausal women, pregnant women and people whose diet is associated with certain restrictions or elimination of certain nutrients, for example, by vegetarians.

So what to supplement during the fall and winter.

First of all, we should try to get vitamins and minerals from our diet. During winter, we have access to citrus fruits, which contain vitamin C, vitamin A and B vitamins, among others. Fish, such as salmon and tuna, are a source of fat-soluble vitamins, i.e. A, E, D, and micronutrients such as zinc and s...