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Column: Supplements can be helpful, but understanding them is healthy

We probably all have been there before… bottles of supplements in hand while we stand in the aisle at the grocery store or health food market.

Which should we pick? How many milligrams? Is it a good deal?

We look at the labels for answers, then wonder why we bothered. They mean nothing to us. Confused, we put the bottles back, saying we probably didn’t need one anyway.

For many people, supplements are a bit…