After two years of living through a pandemic and with the colder winter months approaching, it can be very tempting to rush down to your local chemist and pick up a whole host of supplements and vitamins to try and stay healthy.

But could you actually be doing yourself more harm than good if you haven't sought out any professional medical advice about what to take and how much, beforehand?

The Quicky speaks to an expert in supplements, and one of our Mamamia colleagues who thinks she may have contributed to her own health issue with too many vitamins, about what you need to know before taking all the preventative pills and potions on offer.

Want to know how good your eating habits are? Take the Healthy Eating Quiz to find out.

CREDITS 

Host: Claire Murphy

With thanks to:

Holly Wainwright - Mamamia's Head of Content, and co-host of Mamamia Out Loud and Lowbrow

Clare Collins - Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics in the School of Health Sciences, College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing at the University of Newcastle

Producer: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Siobhán Moran-McFarlane

Audio Producer: Jacob Round

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