Vitamins

I remember being fed vitamin C day-in, day-out as a child and I heard recently how 'scurvy' (vitamin C deficiency) an ailment long thought to be confined to sailors of long centuries ago, is back in schools around the UK today.

This is no doubt a result of bad diet, and we can look to vitamins to redress the balance, although it would make sense to try and introduce children to a balanced diet - one of the arguments behind 'breakfast clubs' that are currently being introduced.

Of course, vitamins are not only required by growing youngsters, there are adult requirements as well as specific womens vitamins available too. Good diet negates much of the need for many supplements, but some deficiencies remain, and where they are identified, a vitamin supplement can keep you fit and healthy day in, day out.