Well, let me qualify that: my first vitamin purchase for myself.
I've bought many vitamins before but they were usually for my sister or parents, never for me. I just didn't see the necessity to take vitamins because I am not thin and I always had this notion that vitamins are for those people who want to gain weight because vitamins will make your appetite grow. Perhaps I got that idea when I was kid, because I was a skinny, short kid so my mother made me take vitamins to make me leaner although I remember being too stubborn to consistently drink my vitamins. But when I started adolescense, it was obvious that vitamins were not needed because I was like a balloon suddenly inflated and skinny thoughts have been like a fading memory since then, hehehe.
So I have been a healthy kid, teenager and young adult, I rarely got sick and when I got sick it was just the usual slight fever, colds or cough. I am the only one among my siblings who was not hospitalized during our childhood because of high fever (lower form of dengue), it's either that I was healthy or mosquitos didn't like the taste of my blood (poisoned blood? nyahaha). :-P
But now I have decided to finally take vitamins. I realized that vitamins are not necessarily for weight gaining but actually to complete your nutrients that you need to meet your recommended daily allowance (RDA). I am also getting a bit alarmed because of the recent turn of events when I got sick after my travels, then three weeks after that I got very sick again (terrible headache, terrible tonsilitis and slight fever) and now I have tonsilitis and dry cough again. I don't know though if this time it's because of the haze from the smoke coming from forest fires in Indonesia that they could'nt put off for a week now. I thought they were just making a big deal of this haze earlier last week but last Friday I experienced it myself, it was hard to stay outdoors because the haze made it hard to breathe and made my eyes hurt and now my throat is irritated and hurts. I blame it on the haze but actually I am not sure also if I have stressed myself as well. Because this weekend I went to Saturday dance class and Sunday dance class, then I had tennis lesson Sunday night.
Whatever it is though, taking vitamins, I think, would do me well. I just hope this is not a sign of old age, haha. :-P
Cheers to good health! 
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3 comments:
In a well balanced diet, vitamins should not be necessary. I take them from time to time. However, they are only a part of your nutritional requirements - protein, carbohydrates and fat are another part, as are various minerals.
The RDA limit usually specifies the minimum requirement to avoid getting sick, so, in general, upping the amount of vitamins you take is not really a problem. However, some vitamins can be toxic in large quatities (vitamin A and E come to mind). Vitamin A is also tetragenic (causes birth defects) so pregnant women are advised not to take Vitamin A supplements or medications contianing Vitamin A (like Retinol for acne) if they are pregnant or planning to become pregnant).
ei good for you, siguro mas mainam kung marami Vit C -- defense for the common cough/flu. pero ako hindi pa rin take, kasi ganun pa rin notion ko, tataba ako sa vitamins mwahaha! :D
Ako rin, I need vitamins...
pati na rin anti-quarter life crisis vaccine.
ho-hum...
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