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Rethinking Supplements

Supplements: Are they needed or are the unhealthy? Learn my new take on supplements inside.

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Alexa Schirm
Mar 13, 2025
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“You can’t supplement your way out of a crappy diet.”

I said this to my husband’s roommate back in college. We were in a heated debate about whether supplements could replace food as someone’s primary source of nourishment.

An hour later, we were still debating. He argued that everyone needed supplementation to make up for nutritional gaps. I pushed back,…

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