Supplements 101: A Guide on Choosing the Right Vitamins

May 26th, 2022

By Dr. Edward F. Group

Guest Writer for Wake Up World

With so many supplements out there, where do you start? Taking supplements can vastly improve your life, alleviating pain, boosting energy, and aiding in many other ways. So, I’m going to give you a crash course on how to get started. Think of it as Supplements 101. Either watch the video below or keep reading to learn everything you need to know about vitamins and supplements.

Beginning Your Supplements Journey

According to the Council for Responsible Nutrition, 68 percent of Americans take dietary supplements. That’s over half the nation! They also say 78 percent of Americans agree that dietary supplements are a way to move toward a healthy lifestyle.

So, how can you move towards that healthier lifestyle and create a supplement plan that works for you? I’ll explain how to choose your supplements, how to determine what your body needs, how to find safe options, and how to take supplements.

When you begin to look into supplements for the first time, a bunch of questions might start popping into your mind including:

• What do I need?
• What brands are the best?
• Are these supplements going to be safe for me?
• Will it conflict with the medications I might be on?
• Are there any side effects?

The questions can go on forever!

Supplements must be taken seriously. Although multivitamins are a great source of nutrients for the average person, in all seriousness, there is no true one-size-fits-all. Everybody’s biochemistry is different, everybody’s absorption is different, and everybody might need different variations of vitamins, minerals, or herbs.

So where do you begin? Let’s break this into a three-step process.

Step #1: Determine Your Body’s Needs

Step number one is to determine what your body needs. The best way is to get nutrients through food. High-energy, live, raw foods will provide a lot of the good vitamins and minerals your body needs. However, creating a diet that provides 100 percent of what you need is almost impossible. Tracking the foods you eat is one place to begin to reveal what your body is getting and what it’s not getting.

Other important factors to consider are your state of health, age, energy level, and any medical conditions. These can greatly impact the type of supplements you may need. Someone who has osteoporosis, for example, may need to pay attention to calcium and vitamin D, while somebody with thyroid issues should pay attention to selenium and iodine. Medical conditions can also provide warnings against certain supplements. For example, someone taking blood thinners should avoid certain herbs and vitamin K.

Although we just talked about some factors to consider, it’s valuable to do your own research, to look online, or even get a professional health consultant, like a doctor, naturopath, or chiropractor, to help you along your journey.

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