Receta A better me, one vitamin at a time

That morning at my friend Suzanne’s home, I pulled out a baggie of that day’s vitamins and got some curious looks from her two kids. She laughed and explained that when we were kids, every morning she had to wait for me to take my vitamins before we could walk to school together.

Needless to say that I’ve been taking vitamins and supplements just about all my life.

Continuing a tradition

Like most kids growing up in the ‘70s, I took multi-vitamins in the shape of cartoon characters and orange-flavored vitamin C that came in a plastic orange shaped container. But it didn’t stop there.

My dad was a bit of a health nut back in the days when it was hard to find healthy foodstuffs like herbals teas and whole grain…