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I learned something interesting over the weekend. A doctor-friend and I were having merienda when the issue of nutrition came up. Multivitamin adverts littered the mall we were at, so I asked him if vitamins, like their ads claimed, were a necessity and if they really had a significant effect on one’s health and well-being. I received a curt “No.” My good buddy apparently took issue with the hype surrounding nutritional supplements nowadays. He went on to say that as usual, people are looking for short cuts; and that all one needed to be healthy was a nutritious, balanced diet and exercise. It’s as simple as that, he said. “If you don’t eat well,” he added, “get enough rest and exercise, no amount of vitamin supplements will make you complete. No matter what Mr. Pascual says.”