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Posted by monica on January 11th, 2008 in Natural Health Articles

Should You Take Multi-Vitamins?

The question is often asked whether multi-vitamins should be taken each day. There are people who believe that we will get all the nutrition we require from the foods that we eat; yet others believe we no longer get all the nutrition we need from our foods.

Points to consider:

• Many of the foods we eat are processed and have all sorts of additives that can be detrimental to our health.
• Fresh foods don’t have the same minerals that they once had. In some growing areas most of the minerals that were once in the soil have long since been depleted and the food that is grown in that soil doesn’t have the same values as we have come to expect.
• Additional stresses are placed on our health with pollution, work stress and so on, all making demands on our body and the nutrients that we need.
• Even fitness training and dieting, while good for our health, places additional demands on the body and this is best addressed with supplementation.
• Smoking and use of alcohol can delete our body of essential vitamins and minerals.

A good multi-vitamin taken once or twice a day can help to balance out any deficiencies that we might have. This will help us to stay fitter and healthier and to train better and not become as susceptible to illness.

Most of the best multi-vitamin supplements include a balanced proportion of vitamins and nutrients that meet the recommended daily dosage for an average person. If you are doing intensive fitness training then your requirements might be higher than normal and that might necessitate additional supplementation.

Once of the most effective methods of testing your needs for vitamins and minerals is through hair sample testing. Hair sample tests can give you an accurate graph of your levels of vitamins and minerals and based on this information you can supplement your diet to bring back a balance in your nutrition. Sometimes deficits in these areas can take months to address and without accurate testing the process will take longer.

Mulits  can help to counter these effect. Are all mulits alike? If you are someone who cares about what you put into your body, it would be worth your time to read this report:  Ask, are your vitamins safe?

Monica