With so many vitamins and supplements to choose from the market, one that has many people taking it daily is a multivitamin. Everyday after breakfast and before leaving for work, you pop a multivitamin pill for an extra boost of energy that you will need for the day. So here comes the question, is it necessary for you to take a multivitamin?
First you will have to know what a multivitamin contains. A multivitamin typically contains minerals such as zinc, calcium, magnesium and vitamins such as vitamin B complex, vitamin C, vitamin E. But depending on the formula, each ingredient and dosage can vary.
Deficiency stemming from lack of vitamins is relatively rare in developed countries and more often found in underdeveloped countries where a variety of foods is a rare commodity. Long term malnutrition will eventually lead to other more chronic diseases.
Multivitamins have many types of vitamins and minerals in it, and in most cases they all provide more than 100% of the Recommended Nutrient Intake(RNI). So, we will be discussing whether there are benefits of taking extra nutrients from this pill and whether you should take it.