vitamins

  • Can Taking Vitamins and Supplements Help You Recover From COVID?

    Can Taking Vitamins and Supplements Help You Recover From COVID?

    Australia’s surge in COVID cases this year has seen many people looking for ways to protect themselves or boost their immunity and recovery. An upswing in sales of dietary supplements has followed. In Australia, the Therapeutic Goods Administration includes vitamins, minerals, amino acids, enzymes, plant extracts and microbiome supplements under the term “complementary medicine”. The…


  • Are Children’s Multivitamins Totally Unnecessary?

    Are Children’s Multivitamins Totally Unnecessary?

    If you walk the aisles of your local pharmacy, you’ll see bottle after bottle of multivitamins marketed specifically for kids. That has a tendency to give the impression they are commonly needed, but the American Academy of Pediatrics’ recommendation is that a healthy child who is eating a well-balanced diet does not need to take…


  • How to Choose a Prenatal Vitamin

    How to Choose a Prenatal Vitamin

    Choosing a prenatal is one of the first of many decisions mums-to-be make, and it isn’t an easy one. The ingredient list can be confusing, the pills themselves are large, and they come in a bewildering variety. A search on Amazon yields 507 hits for “prenatal vitamins,” plus there are direct-to-consumer brands. Though there are…