Vitamin deficiencies are a thing of the past.
According to the NHANES report from the CDC, 92% of adults are not meeting the daily requirements for vitamins and minerals.
On the other hand, some people reason that:
Scurvy is a disease caused by Vitamin C deficiency.
We don’t see ay scurvy cases anymore.
There is no widespread Vitamin C deficiency.
A healthcare practitioner can tell you which Vitamins you need.
It doesn’t matter if you ask a friend, a nutritionist, a doctor or a Vitamin ‘expert,’ they are only guessing about the Vitamins they recommend. Without any testing how can anyone (even a doctor) know what you are deficient in? Usually when any expert recommends something, it means, it worked for them. Asking an expert will never lead to understanding your Vitamins levels.
A blood test is the only way to understand your Vitamin status.
Blood tests measure the Vitamins present in your blood, but what about what’s in your tissues and cells? Vitamins do not act within the blood, they act in your tissues, so measuring what’s in your blood is like checking if something is out for delivery, but never knowing if it was successfully delivered.