[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by gladaki

You have to get vitamins from somewhere either take good diet or eat supplements. I am never in favour of supplements. But below article is quite interesting...
copied from
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/ar...pplements.aspx

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report,1 dated September 10, 2010, highlights one of the core problems encountered by most Americans, and that is lack of access, availability, and affordability of fresh, whole fruits and vegetables. According to the CDC:

"A diet high in fruits and vegetables can reduce the risk for many leading causes of death and can play an important role in weight management.

Healthy People 2010 objectives for fruits and vegetables include targets of increasing to 75 percent the proportion of persons aged ≥2 years who consume two or more servings of fruit daily and to 50 percent those who consume three or more servings of vegetables daily."

Americans fall far short of such targets. According to the CDC's report, a mere 32.5 percent of adults consumed fruit two or more times per day in 2009, and just over 26 percent ate vegetables three or more times per day. Overall, no significant changes in vegetable consumption were noted from 2000 to 2009, while fruit consumption actually fell a couple of percentage points... According to the report:

This doesn't help your point though. Taking supplements does not necessarily help you if you have a poor diet. That's a leap that isn't as of yet proven, and doubtful