Calcium & Vitamin D - To take supplements or not to take supplements?

My gynecologist advised me at my last annual exam to take supplemental calcium, vitamin D, and a multivitamin because of my age, not because of any specific information she had about my diet or bloodwork.

I am wondering what other people do? Do you take vitamins or supplements of some kind? Have you had your blood levels checked?

An article was posted on the NYTimes site about Calcium & Vitamin D daily levels and the question of supplements. Your thoughts?

-Sarah

recipe

There's always a million salmon recipes out there, and it's always easy to fall back on your own basic version anyhow, but here's another good one with the additional great idea to add roasted fall/winter vegetables to the meal:

http://www.cbc.ca/liverightnow/recipes/pc/maple-glazed-salmon-with-roasted-vegetables.html

This website also has some other interesting stuff too:

http://www.cbc.ca/liverightnow/

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