When it comes to theory, vitamins and supplements are really a great idea. I mean, who doesn’t want to stay younger, more alert, stronger and most especially free of disease right up to their 80s or even 90s? I won’t argue that many substances that are out there today being sold as health supplements have one beneficial effect or another, but many others don’t.

This is mostly because the health supplement market is now well regulated by the FDA. That is why it is really difficult to know whether the claims made by a product are really true or not. For example, there are lots of herbs and other minerals that haven’t been evaluated scientifically.