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Vitamins & Supplements

Evidence-based guidance on vitamins, minerals, and dietary supplements — what they can and cannot do, and how to talk with your clinician before you buy.

Further reading: medlineplus.gov/dietarysupplements.html

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Vitamins & Supplements

Dietary Supplements: What You Need to Know Before You Buy

More than half of U.S. adults take a dietary supplement. This week's 60 Minutes Wellness briefing walks through how to read a label, why “natural” is not the same as proven, and the questions worth asking your pharmacist or clinician — drawn from the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements.

60 min · Aug 24, 2026

Diet advice

Food first, then a targeted supplement — if you need one

Most U.S. adults can meet vitamin and mineral needs with meals. A supplement fills a documented gap (for example vitamin D in winter, B12 on a vegan pattern, or folic acid before pregnancy). It is not a shortcut around vegetables.

  1. Build plates around vegetables, fruit, beans, whole grains, nuts, and fish or lean protein.
  2. If you take a multivitamin, choose one close to 100% Daily Value — not mega-doses.
  3. Bring the bottle to your next appointment. Interactions with blood thinners and diabetes medicines are real.

Source: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements

This week's full action list

  • This week's member checklist: write down every supplement, dose, and time of day. Circle anything you started without telling your clinician.
  • Compare your multivitamin to the NIH fact sheet for that nutrient before you add a second product that duplicates it.

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