The buffoonery is at an all-time high.
O'shea Duke Jackson, YouTuber
I was shopping for some items at CVS today when I stumbled upon something surprising on the shelf. In the "Diet Needs" section for the store, there lied different supplements.
That's normal; I can understand if people need supplements. I personally take Vitamin D supplements because I can't get enough Vitamin D from the sun.
But what really shocked me was that I found supplements for fiber.
This may not seem like a big deal, but think about it: is there any other place you can get fiber from?
Yes, there is. Fruits. Vegetables. Nuts. Seeds. All of which are very abundant on Planet Earth and needed by the body.
Yet, people are comfortable buying supplements for vitamins, minerals and nutrients that can easily (and preferably, if you ask the body) be absorbed from fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds.
In other words:
All you need to do is eat the fruit.
You do not need to supplement everything. There are advantages of eating the fruit over supplements:
- Fruits contain more that just fiber. They contain vitamins, minerals and nutrients your body would thank you for. The supplements just contain fiber, and some other chemicals I can't pronounce or have any clue what they are or what they look like. Let's not even talk about what it could possibly do to your body.
- It is hard to overdose on minerals and vitamins when you eat a variety of fruit. I do not advise eating more than the recommended dosage on the package of the supplements, but even if you don't, we all have different biologies; the way my body reacts to one supplement is different from yours, which is different from John Doe.
- Fruits just taste better. Pills barely have any taste, and the taste of gummies can't even be compared to the taste of an overripe banana.
- Fruits come in different colors and are aesthetically pleasing. I believe that their colors symbolize their function, sometimes. An example is beets — their red in color and they help to produce nitric oxide, which promotes blood flow. Don't ask me how I know. (Ask ChatGPT instead.)
- Fruits can be prepared in a variety of ways: as a smoothie, as juice, as jelly etc. allowing you to create your meal or beverage. Supplements are in their final form pretty much.
So forget the supplement pills and gummies. Eat the fruit. That's all you need.