Myth: Organic vitamins are better than synthetic ones.
Fact: Despite common speculation, your body actually can't tell the difference between synthetic and organic foods. Organic food does, however, provide other nutrients such as fiber which synthetics lack.
Myth: The more vitamins you take, the better for you.
Fact: In a perfect world, this would be the case but alas, it is possible to get too much of a good thing. Overdosing on vitamins can actually harm your body, creating the opposite effect that you intended. Always read the WARNING and DIRECTIONS section on the label!
Myth: By taking vitamins regularly, we don't need to exercise.
Fact: Wrong. Doing any type of exercise for half an hour a day will work more magic than any supplement can do for you including decreasing blood pressure and loosing weight.
Myth: If vitamins and supplements are taken, then you can eat whatever you want.
Fact: Nothing can replace eating healthy and pills do not give you everything your body needs for substance.
Always be sure to contact a health professional before taking any health product, including vitamins or supplement, as it may be harmful to your health or conflict with previously prescribed treatments. We will have Part 2 of Mythbuster: Vitamins in our next issue of Maturity Matters in May 2012.
Source: By Steffany Gundling All information was provided and is directly sourced from: VitaFaq at http://www.vitafaq.com/facts-and-myths.
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