{"id":7610,"date":"2024-04-09T09:28:22","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T13:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silvercentury.org\/?p=7610"},"modified":"2024-04-09T09:28:22","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T13:28:22","slug":"what-size-is-your-pill-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/04\/what-size-is-your-pill-case\/","title":{"rendered":"What Size Is Your Pill Case?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have been committed to leading a healthier lifestyle, which has led me to purchase smaller clothes. However, I did buy my weekly pill case in a larger size, as the cubbies that held my daily vitamins no longer accommodate them.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since I am getting older and have started dieting, I am taking different vitamins, and it is challenging to identify which supplements are right for me, with the narrative changing so often. Ads for dietary supplements make tall claims, promising that some of these products will make you look great, feel better, keep you from getting sick or even help you live longer.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is essential to know that most of these claims lack scientific backing and are often generated by the supplement industry to sell their products. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nia.nih.gov\/health\/vitamins-and-supplements\/dietary-supplements-older-adults\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Institutes of Health<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a good place to start for reliable health information. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ccjm.org\/content\/ccjom\/67\/3\/155.full.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cleveland Clinic<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is another one. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is crucial to discuss any supplements with a primary care physician\u2014though vitamins may seem harmless, they could impact any blood work and the effectiveness of prescription medications.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, most Americans can\u2019t meet their nutrient requirements by diet alone. When buying supplements, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">look for seals from the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) or National Sanitation Foundation (NSF), and buy supplements made in the United States. Take the recommended dose, as <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">mega-doses of supplements could be harmful.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My pill case is filled with a multivitamin formulated for seniors and a calcium and magnesium supplement, as well as fish oil capsules and pre\/probiotics. I\u2019m now taking a daily fiber supplement and, to top it off, my ophthalmologist recommended a vitamin for vision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I can\u2019t get the pill compartment closed, but I can button my jeans and now feel healthier than ever.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been committed to leading a healthier lifestyle, which has led me to purchase smaller clothes. However, I did buy my weekly pill case in a larger size, as the cubbies that held my daily vitamins no longer accommodate<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/04\/what-size-is-your-pill-case\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What Size Is Your Pill Case?<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":7611,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[79,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-voices-views"],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"","source_text":"","source_url":""},"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7612,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7610\/revisions\/7612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}