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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AndBreathe" data-source="post: 901888" data-attributes="member: 88961">I'll just chuck in my 2p worth here.I don't have any challenge to the belief that a quality, varied diet is the very best way to go.  Undoubtedly it is.  I'm fortunate to be able to allocate an adequate budget to my food and I enjoy it, but irrespective of that, if I ever reached a point where I believed a supplement would be in my best interest, I'd get on and take one, provided there was no danger of me reaching or breeching any toxicity thresholds.Sometimes the mental impact of "taking something" can be pretty marked.  The mental life from the belief we are taking action and making a difference is important.  We should never ignore even the placebo effect in any of this.How many folks do we see in here mentioning they have missed, or been late with a single dose of Metformin and attaching an impact to that, when realistically any impact would be absolutely minimal, if not nil?Provided individuals act, based on knowledge and research, I can see nothing fundamentally wrong with taking supplements.  It wouldn't routinely be my choice, but that certainly doesn't make it a bad thing.</blockquote>

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