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Healthy families season 3, episode 5: Are supplements worth spending your hard-earned cash on?

Healthy families season 3, episode 5: Are supplements worth spending your hard-earned cash on?

Supplements are big business and fitness and wellness influencers are constantly advertising them, but do we all need to be taking pills and potions to optimise our health, or are they a waste of money? Healthy Food Guide managing editor Jenny de Montalk and accredited practising dietitian Min Saw pop the lid on which dietary supplements, if any, are worth taking and whether a healthy diet is enough on its own to keep your body in top shape.

If you’d like your questions answered by our experts on this podcast, send them through with the subject ‘Healthy Families’ to [email protected]

First published: Sep 2026

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