India, Oct. 24 -- The topic of supplements keeps surfacing often in wellness conversations. For the uninformed, a supplement provides nutrients that one may not get enough of from food. It fills in the vital nutritional gaps. They usually come in all shapes and sizes, from tablets, powders, to gummies.

But here's where it gets tricky. Social media influencers and wellness pages champion them as a must-have, almost like the urgent fix to all your problems. But should you jump on the bandwagon? Or try to see through the hype?

Addressing the one such popular supplement in question, Dr Vass, a 'longevity doctor and MD trained at Cornell, shared in an October 23 post about the downsides of Vitamin D. According to him, one shouldn't go overbo...