so, i read in reader's digest this past week that most vitamin supplements are useless, unless you are a woman of child-bearing age. i realize "woman" is mostly redundant but in these days i guess you have to be more than specific. this is mainly due to folate, or folic acid, that pregnant women need immediately for their growing baby, even before they know they are pregnant. folic acid helps prevent against spina bifida.
since we are still using nfp as our means of baby-proofing, pregnancy is a still a risk. i'm also barely anemic. lots of folks are deficient in vitamin d due to sunscreen. and i don't drink a lot of milk (because it's so good a little goes a long way, and it's expensive) and probably need calcium. vitamins seemed to be in my best interest. so this weekend i bought a bottle of pre-natal vitamins.
i'm waiting for the law student to find them and freak out.
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