I don’t recommend taking a lot of vitamins and supplements because it is always preferable to get the bulk of your nutritive needs in a natural form from your diet. Eating plenty of fresh fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts and seeds will give you almost everything you need to function at a high level. One thing that might be missing though is vitamin D.
This essential fat-soluble vitamin, which includes vitamins D1, D2, and D3, is produced when sunlight hits your skin. Unfortunately, many of us don’t get much sun for months at a time, and if you live in the northern hemisphere the likelihood of getting enough to produce the level of vitamin D that is required is slim. When you lack vitamin D, you increase the risk of developing osteoporosis, which is bone loss leading to fragile bones that break easily, or osteomalacia, which means soft bones.
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