In my view and experience, it's healthy to some degree — never be fanatic — but might depend on the individual and furthermore have a level of placebo effect. Especially Vitamin C — ascorbic acid from one or other source — in a relative high level like 1,000 mg is a healthy daily supplement. It's water based vitamin, so no harm, as long as you don't take several grams daily, which is said to be no more than 3 grams. I take a multi vitamin & mineral tablet — a normal Centrum-brand, but they also have a special make for seniors, which I might consider when I pass 100 — once a week. This could keep me away from totally loosing some important healthy stuff, but it's not enough to do me any harm — my good friend, a professor in health, told me...👍 I take extra Vitamin D — it's often said that we get to little of it, even in sunny Thailand — where about 2,000 IU is recommended as daily dose, some experts even talk about 4,000 IU. Also Vitamin B12 — vitamin B to be taken in a complex with the whole B-range, and without Vitamin C — is something we need more of, I take one B12-complex tablet a week. Another healthy supplement can be a so-called "heart aspirin" when you are elder — medically stated somewhere between 40 and 65 years old — which in 81 mg dose thins the blood, without doing any other harm. It's good to prevent stroke and might also keep a fine flow for virility. The extra benefit is that several scientific studies have shown that it gives some level of cancer protection; however, taking higher doses do not gives higher cancer-protection, but increases bleeding risk. I take one tablet three times a week, which should be within the safe level, and it seem still working as expected. Coconut oil — which there should be plenty of in good quality here in Land-of-Smiles — seems to have similar benefits to olive oil; herunder potential prevention of dementia. It's great a cooking oil — among the best — and if you use oil in salads and like, a good virgin coconut oil is an excellent choice. I have begun to take a NAD+ "Life Extension" daily after supper — it is the stuff the scientists studying longevity says that they take themselves — would be cool if that can buy me some extra fun years on this excellent level of happiness, before I need to climb further up on the staircase...😉 So far it works well for, but I'm still fairly young — modest 77 — so, let's talk again in 20-25 years from now and see, if I'm still fit for a night in the town...😄
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