Why do we need vitamins?

This is my favorite vitamin. It is not only a multi-vitamin but also a whole foods energizer! I have since being diagnosed with b12 deficiency stopped all vitamins because my body is just eliminating them and not absorbing them. I will restart my vitamins after the doc tells me what he is going to do with me.I can not see throwing my money out until we get the body to absorb what I am putting into it. Vitamins are essential to LIFE. They contribute to your good health by regulating the metabolism and releasing energy from the digested foods. The proper balance of vitamins and minerals is important to the proper functioning of all vitamins. Ideally all of us would get all the nutrients we need for optimal health from fresh, healthful foods. But in reality, this is very difficult if not impossible to do. With all the pollution and all the stress our bodies endure our requirements have increased, but the number of calories we require has been decreasing as our activities have declined over time. In order to maintain a healthy functioning body we need to take supplements. Everyone's vitamin needs are different. It sure would be nice if we all could afford to go to a health nutritionist and be tested to see what we are lacking and then take only those supplements. I did this on the onstart of my MS 26 years ago and this is how I got my body into a remission which lasted nearly 20 years. It is expensive and not covered by many health insurances so I am at a standstil to go to a nutritionist at this time. But with my knowledge and education in this field I am sure I can redo the remission. I am older now, weaker, have had numerous surgeries which have affected me...BUT....I have the faith to get my body where it belongs. Functioning to the best of its ability for me. I not only have faith in God, the Almighty, I have faith in myself to do this. I will not put a supplement or fresh juice in my body....then go eat junk....and expect it (the supplement or juice) to heal me. It is a blend of all my knowledge which will heal me...including some sort of exercise. Coming from being a body builder and in optimum shape in my 20's and 30's I know that if you do not use it you loose it. Just because I am nearing 58 years old is no reason to believe I have to just sit back and let the world go by. Also because I am not well at the time still is no reason. God gave me this wonderful body and I need to do everything in my power to keep it working to the best of IT'S ability. If someone gave you a brand new car and told you it was the last vehicle you ever would own and you had to make it last, you better believe you would give it tender loving care and oil and fuel as needed as to not put a strain on it. And proper fuel you would give it. Not anything which would gum up its system. So this is how we need to look at our bodies. There are many reasons illness sets in but there are no good reasons for us not to try to make ourselves better with proper health and nutrition.
So consider taking a supplement, going to a nutritionist if you can afford one, exercising and most of all have a good mental outlook on life. You only get one life.....make the most of it! You won't be sorry you did!