Healthy Food For Life

Walk into any pharmacy and you'll find a wall of supplements promising more energy, sharper focus, and better immunity. Cleveland Clinic notes roughly half of U.S. adults take some form of daily supplement — but the honest truth is that most healthy people with a varied diet don't need most of them. This guide breaks down which supplements are actually backed by evidence, who benefits most, and how to use them safely. Food First, Supplements Second Harvard Health's ongoing coverage of vitamin and supplement research consistently returns to the same conclusion: whole foods provide nutrients in forms your body absorbs and uses more effectively than isolated pills, along with fiber and compounds supplements can't replicate. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has similarly found insufficient evidence to recommend multivitamins for preventing heart disease or cancer in healthy adults. That doesn't mean supplements are useless — it means they're best used...