Maintaining and staying in good health for myself includes physical activity, getting 8 to 10 hours of sleep and proper nutrition along with supplementing, especially supplementing. I’m not dismissing the other factors here for good health maintenance (all are important) but I just wanted to focus on vitamins and dietary supplements because they assist in a lot of results for your health ranging from recovering from an illness or injury to facilitating an increase in lean muscle mass. It all depends on what your goals are for your health and what type of supplement you are taking.

A vitamin is an organic compound that is essential for nutrition and required in a small quantity in the diet because it can’t be synthesized by the human body. The dietary supplement on the other hand is a product that is intended to supplement the type, kind and range of food that you regularly eat. This product that is used to supplement your diet can be taken by mouth in the form of a tablet, capsule, pill, gelcap, liquid or powder.

Finding the particular brand of vitamin or dietary supplement for your particular needs or health goals is easy because they can be found in supermarkets and pharmacies along with stores that just sells supplements and vitamins all in and around the United States. They can also be ordered and purchased off of the internet. Vitamins and dietary supplements work well for the health of your body if you take them correctly but don’t let them totally take the place of a good variety of foods that are important when it comes to a healthy diet. If you are unsure of what vitamin or dietary supplement to start off with if you have never taken them before and you want to add them to your workout regimen, I would highly recommend that you consult with a dietician before taking and starting on them.