vitamins and supplements do you partake and do they make a difference?

I wouldn't recommend taking an iron supplement though, not without consulting your GP first.

Not actually true Gmamilly that a well balanced diet always does the job.

As we age, our ability to absorb everything we need from our food declines. Also we don't get enough Vit D from our diet but rely on sunshine to top it up. It is well documented and researched that Brits ought to take a Vit D supplement in the dark, winter months.

Also, as many of our animals are not grass-fed any more, and many of our grasslands are over farmed and mineral depleted, we cannot assume that our diet does contain everything we need these days.

I take Vit C, Cod liver oil capsules and iron tablet each day.
I am bewildered by the choice of supplements in Holland and Barratt, and have no idea what else I could possibly need. I eat a healthy varied diet and feel ok for my age.
Have stayed free from coughs and cold so far this winter.

But can you move your forehead merlotgran?

I wonder what the GPs would say if we all rushed off to ask for blood tests to check all our nutrient levels?
'The worried well'

Yes, a simple blood test. Just like that...

A healthy well balanced diet should provide all the nutrients, vitamins and minerals required to sustain a healthy body. A simple blood test can determine whether you are deficient in any area that requires attention. It is worth remembering that too much of any one thing can be just as harmful as not enough and many over the counter vitamins, health remedies can interact with prescription medication.

I bought some powdered collagen capsules because I read they were as good as glucosamine for arthritic knees.

My knees are just the same but my frown lines have disappeared.

Oh dear Niobe I was looking forward to a daily dose of 'sin' pills

I take flaxseed oil capsules for joints and heart and co enzyme q10 for energy levels and cholesterol control ,my Gp tested my thyroid and said it was borderline underactive so I was taking kkelp for a wee while and it seemed to help but a friend told me it can harm your liver so I stopped,might get tested again and see if it made a difference to the thyroid level

Sorry ! Hair, Skin and Nails! If only we could buy those others, might make life more fun!

I take the Hair, Sin and Nails tablets from Holland and Barret. If I don't take them I can see the effect on my nails within a very short time. I stopped dying my hair too so can't say if it's the pills or an absence of dair dye making my hair thicker . I have always had good skin but I do think it is in better shape now. I have looked at the label of contents of these pills but they just seem to be multivitamins so will continue with them.

I was concerned a few months ago that my hair seemed to be getting thinner.
I started taking a hair nails & skin supplement (with some scepticism) but 3 months later I have new hair on the top of my head.
As far as glucosamine/chondroitin is concerned, according to the arthritis.org website, there is evidence of some benefit for some people. Those most likely to benefit were those with moderate to severe pain in the knees IIRC.

Quidem.

Not sure about the feathers, although you certainly might start clucking...

Ego sum ingenio (or should it be ingenia) ?

You would definitely get constipated and develop scurvy on an egg only diet! You might also griw feathers and start clucking,

The Telegraph article wouldn't let me read it unless I turned off my ad-blocker (no way!), but I'm pretty sure it didn't advocate eating only two raw eggs a day!

No end to your talents Anya

Intersting, thanks Jalima.

I used to eat quite a few eggs, but after I got pregnant, I could never look at eggs in quite the same again.

I need to make a new years resolution[bit late I know] to eat more eggs.

Deficient in vitamins A, B-12, D and E, as well as calcium Ana

Apologies to Ankers for the delay I was busy with my Latin verbs.

Here you are Ankers

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/13/the-secret-to-longevity-is-eating-two-raw-eggs-a-day-says-newly/

But Anya, you haven't told Ankers about the nutritional value of a potato! You are letting her/him down!

Small sample sizes and short timescales are as you say not definitive Anya but they do make mention and reference more definitive studies.

I always chuckle when I see beauty products advertised and they say something like 96% said their skin looks better and in teeny tiny print it says sample size :76 !!

Absolutely Anya

Ana it's obvious that my friend Ankers recognises genius when she sees it.

Yes, so does mine. And I have a very long memory...