A REPORT out says millions of us have stopped buying vitamin supplements probably as a response to the economic downturn.
The UK market in health supplements is still worth £385 million, up 2.7 per cent on last year due to rising prices but this is expected to fall says market researcher Mintel. Scientists are divided on the worth of taking health supplements the latest edict reported in the journal Heart claiming that calcium supplements taken by five million of us might double the risk of a heart attack. My latest purchase of supplements arrived a week ago. I’ve been taking them for years and believe they helped me get through what has been a fairly hectic life as a full time working mother who often had to miss meals snacking instead on rubbish for convenience. If I had to choose between buying supplements or a new winter coat I’d choose the former any day.