Vitamins are about long term health, so if you don??t experience an immediate boost in energy, or a sudden reversal of a chronic condition, don??t give up taking them. You will find that over time you get stronger and will less easily succumb to those minor aches, pains and colds that tend to plague us all. Put your nutritional supplements right in the center of your washroom shelf, so you will see it when you stare at yourself in the mirror in the morning. Or keep them on your kitchen table: anywhere where they will catch your attention.



Q:Should you be taking your nutritional supplements before, during or after eating??

A:Well, it all depends on what kind of pills you are taking. Label instructions are normally pretty clear on this. Oil-based tablets are best taken on a full stomach, and water-based ones should be taken before eating. Either way, you should make sure you don??t just take the nutritional supplement and not eat! Nutritional supplements are no replacement for a healthy diet. Without enzyme action in your body, they just won??t work as well.

Q:Should you take them once, twice or three times a day?

A:The idea of nutritional supplements is to make sure your body never runs out of what it most needs to keep healthy. So generally, vitamins should be taken in small, regular doses, at short intervals. However, we all know how forgetful people are, so now most manufacturers have come up with the ??24 hour release?? or ??continuous action?? pills that reduce the need to be forever mindful of your next dose. Taking your vitamins once a day will do no harm if they are designed to be broken down into smaller doses in your body.

Q:What are the advantages of taking my nutritional supplements at the right time?

A:Get to know your body, and you will soon know the answer. Eating regularly, and taking your nutritional supplements just before or just after depending on what type of tablet it is will have an effect on your health within weeks. You will feel more in control of your life, you will be addressing the health issues that trouble you most, and you??ll be enhancing your awareness of your food and vitamin intake. Whether you take your nutritional supplements at breakfast, lunch or dinner, try to make it a regular habit. Because then you will persevere until you can feel 100% of the benefits of taking the vitamins recommended to you.