Dietary supplements were once popular only with nutrition radicals. But today, they have mass appeal thanks to a growing body of clinical evidence showing that, along with a healthy diet and lifestyle, supplements can support vitality in our fast-paced world. As a result, a walloping 68 percent of American adults take them, according to a 2015 Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) survey.
Even conventional-medicine practitioners are recognizing the importance of nutritional supplementation, because of both the burgeoning research to back it and the constantly evolving definition of what “healthy” really means. Here are some research-backed infographics from two regions on why you could still use a nutritional boost from dietary supplements, even if you consider yourself “healthy.”
