One of the most important parts of using nutritional supplements is how you actually go about ingesting them. I get so tired of people asking me what supplements they can take for specific health problems and then not taking them at all or on an erratic basis. For these things to work, they must be taken religiously, a lot of benefits don’t appear until after months of taking them on a regular basis.

The consumer can get a general idea of how many pills  to take by reading the directions on the label, for example: “take two tablets two times a day with food or it may recommend on an empty stomach“.

In the case of fat soluble vitamins, they must be taken with some food that contains some fat in it in order for them to be absorbed properly. Also, in the case of water soluble antioxidants like Vitamin C, it’s important to take divided doses three times a day (morning, afternoon and night).

Like an insurance policy, taking nutritional supplements requires regular deposits.