Every day, consumers are bombarded with warnings about their vitamin levels.
But the surprising truth, experts say, is it's very difficult to not get enough vitamins from your diet.
Vitamins make up just 13 of the thousands of chemicals and compounds in food. For good health, the message from experts is simple: stop worrying about them.
“People needn’t worry about vitamins in general,” says Professor Amanda Lee, who chaired the group of experts who wrote Australia’s dietary guidelines and is now based at the Australian Prevention Partnership Centre.
Half a glass of orange juice contains all the vitamin C you need. Eat two eggs for breakfast and a single carrot for dinner and you’ve just knocked over A and B12 as well.
“You really don’t need to eat much,” says Dr Yasmine Probst, a nutritionist at the University of Wollongong.
What about Vitamin D, which only comes from sunlight? In fact, our bodies can store it for up to six months, meaning we usually have plenty all through the winter.
That said, studies do suggest almost a quarter of Australians may have levels of vitamin D below recommended guidelines.
But, says Professor Lee, it’s possible recommended levels are way too high – and it’s not clear 'deficiency' is harmful.
Dr Probst put together a plate of food containing everything you’d need to get 100 per cent of every vitamin for investigative documentary Vitamania, which premieres this week at National Science Week.
There wasn’t much on the plate.
A handful of pecans, a tub of yoghurt, half an apple, a single carrot, a small portion of brown rice, a small amount of spinach, a serve of fresh salmon and a mango.
Eight items containing all the vitamins you need for an entire day.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/stop-worrying-about-vitamins-you-can-get-all-...Of course the billion dollar vitamin supplements industry would have you believe differently
That's crap.
I had a blood test many years ago.
It found that my vitamin D level was only 10% of what it should be.
I was told to take one vitamin D tablet every day - & I have ever since.
On my last blood test - my Vitamin D level was normal.