So there are reports now that the multivitamins prescibed for years as a health booster mean nothing if the person is not going to eat properly. So my question is will a pregnant woman short on folic acid in her diet be able to recuperate that from a pill? Looks like the answer is no. Some supplements too seem ridiculous to consume externally. One could suggest condroitin sulfate to be ingested for people with arthritis disorders, but if the person suffers from inflammation at the joints, how will the intake of this substance be correctly utilized. My understanding is that chondroitin is a building block for cartilage formation. I wonder how such a large molecule like that can be transported effectively to an arthritic site and promote healing at that joint, although I have been given some case scenarios where an ingested amount has worked. One was in the case of a man's knee cartilage removed during surgery because of a trauma where he recovered from pain around the joint after ingesting this supplement. I still think the best source would be natural, coming form certain shellfish but who am I to argue on the success of taking condroitin pills.
In the meantime fish continue to get hooked on the bottled variety of the supplement instead of looking for naturally occurring sources and no government agency is out there advertising a natural food source that might curb an additional pharmaceutical expense. So many products out there contain elements that would otherwise best not be taken until thorough research has been done. I'm saying this for someone who would be taken advantage of by the system and fall prey to bottled varieties of supplements as in this case without having spoken to a nutritionist first or researching on his own. In the end, since medical science is not an perfect profession, neither are the vitamins or supplements that are prescribed.