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As doctors, people often as us if they should order vitamins online. If so, they wonder, what are the best vitamins to order. Everybody wonders what vitamins they should take. It turns out that ordering vitamins on line is an excellent choice these days, for many reasons, but knowing exactly what to order is theRead more

As doctors, people often ask us if it’s possible to take too many vitamins? And the answer is simple. Yes! While vitamins are an important part of a healthy lifestyle for most people, taking too large doses of even important vitamins, or taking unsafe and unneeded vitamins can cause great harm. A vitamin overdose is a real,Read more

You can’t get away from the news about Coronavirus. While hearing constantly about this world wide outbreak can be concerning and potentially frightening, our co-founders, Dr. Romy Block & Dr. Arielle Levitan, say, to first, take a deep breath. While any pandemic has potential to cause great harm and to tax the health care system,Read more

As physicians, one of the most common questions we are asked is “what vitamins should I take?” We wish the answer was simple enough to be the same for everyone. However, as with many things in life, the answer differs based on the individual. Just as we do not all eat the same, live theRead more

As doctors and experts about vitamins, people often ask “Are gummy vitamins good for you? Should I take gummy vitamins?” While there are many gummy vitamins for adults on the market today, the answers to these questions are complicated. First off, not all gummy vitamins are created equally. As with any vitamins, there is aRead more

As physicians, men often ask us, “Should I take men’s multivitamin? Do men’s multivitamins really work?” If so, they want to know what is the best men’s multivitamin and how to figure out the best vitamins to take for their needs. Though we are women, we have spent years practicing medicine and studying vitamins and weRead more

As two doctors who have been practicing medicine for a very long time, we hear a few things over and over from our patients. When it comes to figuring out what vitamins to take, it’s simple: People want an easy vitamin plan that they can stick to and make part of their routine. But howRead more

We find that during the winter months many people complain of fatigue or lack of energy. This is not surprising as there are fewer hours of daylight and the relatively colder weather seems to put many of us into “hybernation mode”.  Patients often ask us “what vitamins can I take for fatigue?” The medical literature,Read more

A recent article in JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) showed shocking things were found when many off the shelf vitamins and supplements were analyzed. Almost 800 products were found to contain prescription medications or illicit ingredients. Scary stuff! As physicians we often have people asking us “Are supplements safe? Should I be takingRead more

Stacy recently came in to see me, frustrated, “Lately my migraines have been terrible. I’m not sure if it’s the weather or what. It seems like every few days I’m getting a terrible headache and it’s ruining my summer.A friend told me to take vitamins for my migraines, but that sounds kind of strange toRead more

Are people overdosing on vitamin D? Is it even possible to take too much vitamin D? Do you even need to take any vitamin D? If so, how much vitamin D should you take?  A recent article in Journal of the American Medical Association suggested that many people are now taking doses which may beRead more

As Doctors, we spend a great deal of time talking to our patients about ways that vitamins can help or hurt them. Our patients often coming in asking two questions: First, “which vitamins should I take?” and then, “which vitamins should I buy?” . These are complicated questions which do not have a one sizeRead more