Some of the blame for that can be placed on our reliance on fast food or convenience meals. The pace and stresses of modern life and work are such that often we don’t have time to cook fresh meals from scratch and so turn to those ready meals.
When you are struggling to ensure you get a well-balanced diet, there’s another convenient way to top up on the vitamins and nutrients you’re missing out and that’s by taking a daily multivitamin tablet.
Americans are encouraged to take a multivitamin tablet daily by the US Food and Drug Administration and with more than 80% of British men and women failing to reach the five-a-day target of fruit and vegetables, the benefits of multivitamins may soon be recommended here, too.
Multivitamins are dietary supplements filled with vitamins and minerals such as iron, calcium and magnesium.
While there are multivitamins products available that aim to promote general health and wellbeing, many consumers use a product that has specific properties. For example, younger women might benefit from more iron, folic acid and Vitamin B6 in their diet. Older people, both men and women, need extra calcium as their bones degenerate with age.
Parents often struggle to persuade their children to eat vegetables and so a multivitamin can ensure they don’t miss out on the nutrients they need to grow and stay healthy.
Whatever reason you choose for taking a multivitamin, you should ensure the content of the one you take is appropriate to your needs.
You will generally take the multivitamin once or twice a day, usually in capsule or tablet form but also in as powder or liquid.