Nutritionist Olga Ugryumova told how to understand the variety of information on dietary supplements and choose exactly what you really need.
Do I need to take vitamins and supplements at all? Who really needs them, and who blindly follows the fashion for a healthy lifestyle?
“Dietary supplements are biologically active substances and their compositions that are intended for direct intake with food or introduction into food products,” says the expert.
Most often they are used as an alternative to phytoextracts to improve metabolism, prevent various diseases, and improve the functioning of the intestinal microflora.
At the same time, it is important to know that any dietary supplement is not a medicine, they can only be used as an additional therapy, and not the main medicine, when it comes to treating a specific disease. More often they are taken in general for the purpose of prevention, rather than treatment.
If you buy Russian-made dietary supplements, look for the state registration certificate on the packaging. This indicates the quality and safety of the product.
If you take dietary supplements and vitamins, follow simple rules. Always pay attention to expiration dates and storage rules. Follow the recommendations for when to take vitamins throughout the day.
PP or vitamins. What to choose?
Respect the dosage and properly combine dietary supplements with each other, they can either improve or worsen the absorption of each other.
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Drink vitamins and dietary supplements only with water, not coffee, tea or other drinks! Do not combine dietary supplements with medications without consulting a doctor. Do not drink vitamins blindly. Take tests to identify deficiencies. 
Olga Ugryumova Health Nutritionist , nutritionist