The title to this blog post is sort of a loaded question—the answer is, it depends. If you eat a healthy and balanced diet, with lots of variety and ample fruits and vegetables in addition to lean meats and dairy products, and healthy whole grain bread, your body may be getting all of the nutrition that it needs.

However, if you are ever guilty of skipping meals, eating a considerable amount of either fast food takeout or frozen and prepared foods, you likely are not getting the proper nutrients, even while consuming far too many calories per day.

The choice to be made is whether to commit to eating only those foods which will lead to optimal health- largely unprocessed foods, without trans-fats and preservatives. If you believe that you can change your diet immediately to a more natural, whole foods approach, then by all means you should do so. The body processes real and natural foods best, and utilizes the vitamins and minerals from whole foods better than any other source.

Then again, if you feel that would be difficult, or that it would take you some time to re-train your thought patterns until you will be able to eat healthily enough to support all of your body’s systems adequately, then supplementing is a great alternative to ensure your body gets what it needs.

By Denise Gabbard for Discount Vouchers, where you can find coupons and promos for Healthy Direct and order the supplements right for you.