Saw a program on the box a while back (usual bollocks) where eminent experts declared that most of us using vitamins and minerals were wasting our money as we should get all we need from the food we eat.

To prove it they showed us a 'perfect' plate of food! Yeah great! If we all had the time, the patience, the desire and the money to eat a 'perfect' meal every time we eat then maybe they're right. Doesn't account for the lack of nutrients in the soil or the lack of vitamins in food that has been flown half way around the world before eventually finding it's way to our plates though!

I'm no expert but apparently there's bugger all selenium left in the soil.

As far as I'm concerned supplements like vitamins and minerals are insurance.