5 Best Vitamins for People Over 50 đź’Š
Which supplements you should — and shouldn’t — take for the healthy aging.
One friend swears by CoQ10. Another insists she’d never make it out of bed without her vitamin D tablets. Your mother is shocked you don’t take a multivitamin. Your colleague believes if a little is a good thing, a lot must be better, so he takes way more than the RDA (recommended daily allowance) of various supplements.
There is a lot of good, a lot of bad and a whole lot of confusing information out there, making it tough to figure out which vitamins and supplements you should — and should not — be taking.
“Dietary supplements, in some cases, can help people get adequate amounts of essential nutrients.”
— Carol Haggans, consultant, NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
“People can get all the nutrition they need by eating a variety of foods, but dietary supplements in some cases can help people get adequate amounts of essential nutrients,” says Carol Haggans, a scientific and health communications consultant with the Office of Dietary Supplements at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). “There are some nutrients that can benefit people over 50.”
