Month: January 2019

December 31, 2018 at 06:30PM True Life: I’m a 23-year-old editor at a wellness publication, and I’ve never ingested a vitamin. Okay, I tried gummy vitamins at a friend’s house when I was like 10, and my mom made me take fish oil once (but I hated the way it tasted and promptly spat it out). Before you start lecturing me, just know I totally get it. After my literal vitamin deficiency was brought to my attention by my coworkers—who have mounds of vitamins surrounding their workspaces—I got to thinking: Am I living my best life? Aside from being the most millennial-sounding question to ever leave my mouth, it’s something I’ve really been wanting to address. Does my skin or mood suffer without me even noticing? Is my digestion as good as it could be? Am I as happy as I could be? Okay, let’s pause the existential crisis for a sec. It was about time that I take my vitamins by the horns (guess that’s a saying now), so I made an appointment with Melissa Rifkin, CDN, to see what I should be taking to make sure I’m operating at peak Alex level. “I always say, even if your diet is perfect, you could be missing out on some things. I don’t think it’s harmful for anyone to take a vitamin,” says Rifkin. So, here goes.  “I always say, even if your diet is perfect, you could be missing out on some things. I don’t think it’s harmful for

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