A lot of people seem to be all or nothing with supplements. My personal opinion is to use food as my main source of fuel but supplement with supplements when recommended by my doctor. The supplements I take are ones recommended to me by a medical professional to help my body get more of what it needs.
It just so happens that the supplements that were recommended to me are very common supplements recommended to a lot of women my age. I wanted to share the three health supplements I'm taking in hopes it can start a conversation between you and your doctor on if there's any supplements you should be adding to your diet.
Please note that I am not a medical professional and supplements are medicine. What works for me will not necessarily work for you, so make sure to chat with your doctor before adding any new supplements to your diet.
3 of the best supplements for women's health
Multivitamin
I think of a daily multivitamin as an insurance policy. It's there to cover me if I miss out on getting enough key nutrients via my diet on any particular day. I use to take gummy vitamins and loved them because they tasted like a treat, but thanks to braces, I've had to give them up. I kept putting off finding a new multivitamin until my doctor told me at my last physical that my iron levels were on the low side of normal. He said that the best way to get my levels up was to add a multivitamin that contains iron to my daily routine. Done and done. Fresh Thyme's vitamins are incredible quality and affordable too. I love that they offer a daily vitamin specifically for women that includes things like biotin (great for skin and hair) and folic acid (a nutrient the CDC recommends all women of childbearing age should be taking just in case they get pregnant). Like I said, it's good insurance.
D-3
I actually added D-3 to my diet two years ago after my physical at that time showed I was deficient in Vitamin D. My doctor told me I was not alone, and that the vast majority of Americans (around 75%!) are deficient in Vitamin D. Chronic Vitamin D deficiency is tied to a lot of bad diseases. We're talking things like cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. He recommended I take 2,000 mg of D-3 a day and that we'd recheck my levels the following year. I am a huge fan of NOW and have used their products for years. After leaving my doctor's office I bought NOW's D-3 capsules and started taking them daily. I'm happy to report that a year has passed and my D-3 levels are back up where they should be. Yearly physicals are such a blessing. They let your doctor catch small things before they become big problems. If you've been putting off getting a physical, please don't wait any longer. Your health is your most important possession. Treat it as such.
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