@Cruiser, yes, whole foods do help alot, but you miss out on the extra fortification they put in processed foods. So I skip the processed garbage, and eat whole foods, and use supplements. For me, since I don’t have much digestive enzymes, I have to take that too, or I’ll never absorb anything.
@worriedguy and @sdeutsch, who said anything about dollar stores? ?? (Edit) I just re-read the question for the 3rd time and found the reference to $ store. Sorry. I always go to a health food store, and buy top quality. In general, I get liquid when I can get it, next choice is powder, and last choice is a tablet, like Centrum. For those of us with digestive issues, the easier it is to break down, the better chance you have of absorbing it. And, there is a reason Centrum and others like it is not sold in a health food store.
@davidbetterman Unfortunately, the conventionally grown food we eat is grown on depleted soil. Even if it’s fertilized, because of the farming methods and the type of fertilizer, conventionally grown foods are missing trace minerals that naturally occur in Organically grown foods.
The tough thing is, organically grown foods are so often so spoiled by the time we find them in the store, there’s hardly much food value there. That, and they are often limited in selection.
The only solution is supplements, unfortunately. I hate to take pills and gooey stuff, but I do it anyway.