> I really hope I'm not the only one on this list who > avoids them. I need support! If I'm alone then convince me that I'm wrong, > convince me that I should take some pills. :( i don't either and i share your prudence on the same ground than you , I don't understand nor take supplements in isolation , the most balnced way to take them is to eat them as food . If the food inatke doesn't take in accompt the need for all nutrients , the correction need to be adressed there. because of addison disease i have certainly a need for high dose of vit c ( the adrenal gland is the tissue with the highest cocentration of vit c )so i make effort to eat it in the form of fresh fruits and greens ,rose hips , cranberries .... something that i never understood for ex is how a so fragile vit as C can "survive " the pill processing considering that even in a fresh food that is stored few days the vit c content goes down . jean-claude