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Should you take Emergen-C for your brain chemistry?

Look at her! She’s so happy! Is she supplementing her body’s natural brain chemistry with OUTSIDE CHEMICALS? (She likely is, but probably not in the same way that you add a multivitamin to your diet.) Photo by Andy Falconer on Unsplash

Back in undergrad, when I noticed that my typical daily diet lacked the presence of anything green, I started considering taking a daily multivitamin.

It seemed like an easy way for me to get my needed doses, especially water-soluble vitamins like vitamin C, which our bodies can’t store and need to replenish regularly. Additionally, I feared that a lack of vitamins was interfering with my brain’s ability to function. Was I bad at studying because I didn’t have enough vitamins?

(In the end, I decided that it would simply be easier to occasionally buy a vegetable or some fruit.)

These days, there’s no end of supplements marketed to us. Sometimes, we might even get too much of one — which can have some negative effects.

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But what about vitamins for our brain? Should we be taking certain supplements to help us feel happier or think better?