Who needs dietary supplements?
June 28th, 2008 by Pinaki GoswamiThey may be appropriate if you….
1) Don’t eat well or consume less than 1,600 calories a day.
2) Are allergic to particular foods.
3) Are a geriatric patient unable to consume balanced diets.
4) Are a vegetarian and don’t substitute or complement your diet appropriately.
5) Are pregnant or breastfeeding.
6) Are a woman who experiences heavy bleeding during the menstrual period.
7) Are a postmenopausal woman.
8) Are a chain smoker or alcoholic.
9) Have a medical condition that affects how your body absorbs, uses or excretes nutrients, such as diarrhoea, food allergy, disease of the liver, gallbladder, intestines or pancreas.
10) Have had surgery on your digestive tract and are not able to digest and absorb nutrients.
Pinaki Goswami wrote this on June 28th, 2008 and filed it under Healthy Living |
