{"id":236,"date":"2009-06-17T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-17T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/06\/save-money-skip-the-vitamins-a.html"},"modified":"2009-06-17T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-17T01:00:00","slug":"save-money-skip-the-vitamins-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/06\/save-money-skip-the-vitamins-a.html","title":{"rendered":"Save Money, Skip the Vitamins and Supplements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to lose weight, eat healthier food and use your body.&nbsp; Don&#8217;t bother buying expensive vitamins or &#8220;appetite suppressants,&#8221; or magic weight loss pills or formulas &#8211; I don&#8217;t think they work.&nbsp; Some are harmful.&nbsp; Read what I wrote about a recall of one of them, Hydroxycut, last month, click here.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>There is another recent study released a few weeks ago: when it comes to increasing one&#8217;s metabolism (for various reasons, including weight loss) and to prevent exercise, taking vitamins C &amp;E may actually be counterproductive.&nbsp; Read the New York Times article about that <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/05\/hydroxycut-diet-pills-for-weig.html\">here<\/a>.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>For years, many experts and physicians have taught us that if we&#8217;re eating healthy foods in a balanced array, there&#8217;s really no need for additional vitamins or supplements.<\/p>\n<p>Save your money.<\/p>\n<p>Take me with you all day!&nbsp; Follow drnorrischumley on Twitter.com<br \/>Post comments below &#8211; everyone likes to read what YOU write!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to lose weight, eat healthier food and use your body.&nbsp; Don&#8217;t bother buying expensive vitamins or &#8220;appetite suppressants,&#8221; or magic weight loss pills or formulas &#8211; I don&#8217;t think they work.&nbsp; Some are harmful.&nbsp; Read what I wrote about a recall of one of them, Hydroxycut, last month, click here.&nbsp; There is&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,19,3,10,20,8,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet","category-finances","category-health","category-lifestyles","category-money","category-weight-loss","category-wellness"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Save Money, Skip the Vitamins and Supplements - Dr. Norris J. 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