Do you take any supplements?

 

I usually get some multivitamin as pills or fizzy tablets. I make sure they contain selenium and zinc because a doctor once told me it might not be a bad idea to supplement them.

 

There is some debate whether vitamin supplementation is a good idea or not, but I'd rather be safe than sorry. It seems to me that some journalists jump to every little shred of evidence that it might not be good and blow it way out of proportion. A very small dose of vitamin c didn't help elderly people recover faster from the flu? Quick! Write an article about how all vitamins are pointless. Overdosing some vitamin with 100 times the recommended dose over long periods of time leads to kidney stones? Write an article about how vitamins are dangerous! To my understanding, most supplements can't really lead to an overdose if you take the recommended dose and the expensive piss argument is also not really a bother to me since a month's worth of fizzy tablets is like 1€ and I get tasty drinks out of it, too.

 

I also have some troubles with my knee, so I'm interested in trying stuff for that, too. A doctor said I could try glucosamide or something like that, but studies didn't show any effectiveness and I don't think it contributed much to my recovery, either.

 

I just got a pack of fish oil tablets, I heard a lot of good stuff about them, also in relation to knees, so I'll give it a try. Icelanders also swear on eating fish oil in the winter...