Multivitamin supplements good or bad?
Well, basically the best answer to this is that the best source of vitamins is the food itself. However, if you are deficient in vitamins and require supplements then you should know what exactly to look for in the supplements!
Our body requires various vitamin and minerals to perform different functions in the body. In fact, to function properly; vitamins and minerals are what we need. Vitamins and minerals help our bodies to protect from different life-threatening diseases like heart diseases or even some cancer conditions such as colon and cervical cancer. Some vitamins and mineral deficiencies are very harmful and life threatening because the body can’t function without it. But you have to be careful because the over dosage of vitamins can even be toxic.
The idea behind multivitamin tablets is solid. Our diets are haphazard, our foods in general are mass-produced and vitamin poor, and the soil in which they’re grown has been robbed of nutrients by overuse, pesticides, and probably malevolent gophers. So sure, pop some vitamins because it’s good insurance against vitamin and mineral deficiencies in general.
Too bad it’s not that simple. Certain vitamins should only be taken at certain times or with certain foods, and minerals complicate the whole thing even further because so many of them interact with vitamins or each other.
While fat-soluble vitamins like A, D, E, and K can be taken pretty much any time, they should be ingested with some fat. That’s why the whole idea of Vitamin D fortified skim milk is so forehead-smacking stupid.
When they remove the fat, they also inadvertently remove the fat-soluble Vitamin D, so they add it back in. The trouble is, the fat’s already gone, so your system won’t absorb it anyhow unless you eat it with a Twinkies or something that contains fat.
Want to know why else multivitamins aren’t always the best solution? Watch this video till the very end!
