Health · FORTUNE
Fortune #35
Mixed — reflect carefully
A supplement recommended by a friend may not fit your medicines, conditions, or stage of life. Check ingredients and ask a clinician or pharmacist first.
QUOTE CARD
A quote for you
“การมั่นใจในสติปัญญาของตนเองมากเกินไปนั้นไม่ฉลาดนัก การตระหนักรู้ว่าผู้ที่แข็งแกร่งที่สุดก็อาจอ่อนแอลงได้ และผู้ที่ฉลาดที่สุดก็อาจผิดพลาดได้นั้นเป็นสิ่งที่ดี”
— มหาตมะ คานธี
ผู้นำเอกราชอินเดีย ผู้ผลักดันการต่อสู้โดยไม่ใช้ความรุนแรง
- Person
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Source work
- Harijan (17 February 1940)
- Source text
- It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
STORY & REFLECTION
Before opening the supplement
Guidance-based illustration · Before opening the supplement
Illustrative scene: A friend sends a supplement photo saying it helped. Someone nearly orders it while already taking medication.
They save the label and their medicine list for a pharmacist and do not treat the friend's experience as proof of personal safety.
NCCIH warns that some supplements can interact with medicines or contain unexpected ingredients. Discussing products and current medicines with a clinician supports safer choices. A friend's good experience is not a personal safety test, especially when medicines or health conditions are involved.
Kind advice still needs a personal safety check.
Reflection
A friend's advice does not establish supplement safety.
A small action today
Check ingredients and ask a pharmacist or clinician first.
A question to reflect on
Do you know its ingredients and why you would take it?