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7 Things You Need to Know About DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS

Crammed vitamin aisles at local drugstores…social media ads hawking trendy powders and elixirs…websites devoted to delivering gummies, multis and capsules with a simple click. Making sense of all these nutrients, herbs and compounds can be overwhelming and confusing—there are just so many! The industry is projected to be worth nearly $200 billion worldwide by 2025, according to a recent report in the American Medical Association Journal of Ethics. To help you navigate the supplement section, here are some of the biggest vitamin and supplement must-knows so you can feel confident in choosing the right one for you.

Eat, don’t just pop.

Multivitamins won’t counteract a poor diet. “People forget that they

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