Paleo option: get a wide variety of completely natural foods (different species, different cuts including organs, seasonal wild fruits, berries and nuts, etc.), proper sunlight and exercise and you'll get all your nutrients.

Paleo+ supplements option: get some variety of sometimes but not always completely natural foods (fruit that has been bred for different characteristics than their wild versions, any meat that's not grass fed and free range, etc), don't get enough sunlight and exercise and you may be lacking in some nutrients.

I'm not sure if supplements really help (some may, but others may not), but if they do, then they could be a sensible addition. I'm thinking of adding some omega-3 supplementation, because while my eggs are usually cage-free and free range, my meat is not always 100% grass fed.

I do not take supplements.
Raw meat and raw fat and raw fruit is nutritious enough.

I don't usually take supplements.  I've tried taking vitamin D pills over the winter when I don't get any sun, but it doesn't seem to help.  A small amount of cod liver oil helps a bit, but even 5 minutes of cold winter sunlight on half of my face helps a lot more.

I will take vitamin C to offset the immunosuppressive effects of carbohydrates when I have a big carbohydrate cheat, but it's better not to cheat in the first place.

I am on and off about supplements.  Currently I don't take them. True cavemen didn't take supplements, but it is believed fruits and vegetables back in paleo times were higher in nutrients and lower in carbs.  In fact I think that was true a mere 75 years ago.

I don't see any reason for taking any supplements either.

If it were possible right now to eat the same calibre of food that we did a few dozen thousand years ago, I wouldn't take supps.

Unfortunately that's not feasible atm

Quote from: Warren Dew on March 12, 2010, 04:28:47 PM

I don't usually take supplements.  I've tried taking vitamin D pills over the winter when I don't get any sun, but it doesn't seem to help.

How much were you taking?

They were actually calcium pills with 400 IU of vitamin D.

Now that I've learned a bit more - see the vitamin D thread - it's likely that I wasn't getting much if any vitamin D even when I did get into the sun over the winter.  I'm also thinking that 400 IU is a lot less than I'd get from a few hours of summer sunlight per day.  I'm considering a larger daily supplement or possibly a big weekly supplement.