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Multi Vitamins - Important Nutrients To Live Healthy

We all begin with multi vitamins before we are born! Moms to-be normally take pre natal vitamins as it has been proven to help against certain birth defects such as spina bifida. We then go along with more vitamins as children which at one time were full of sugars. Luckily there are now excellent variations making them sugar free and healthier than 30 years ago, still tasty and chewable but no sugars. Do watch out for those which do still use sugars or do not list that information as that usually indicates it does have sugar.
As growing adults we take vitamins for our deficiencies which vary between sexes and ages. Some of these common needs are Vitamins C and D and minerals such as iron, zinc, magnesium, potassium and calcium.

Diet plays a huge roll in how balanced your nutrients are especially ensuring produce intake with wide varieties in the colors eaten. Studies prove over and over again the many benefits of the reds, oranges, purples and dark greens fruits and vegetables. They are still discovering them any hundreds of phytochemicals they have which are related to cancer fighting and prevention.

Although I personally believe in balanced diet I also do agree that most of the foods we eat are denatured, poor in their nutrients strength and value due to earth and environment damage. Never mind all the damage caused in production and distribution of these items. For example, Apples are not made to look nice and shiny by added waxes to the peel, refrigeration and such but sometimes you open one and inside you find some brown spots deep in the apple, evidence of the preservation processes. Originally you would want to eat some of your fruit and veggie peels sine they also contain many nutrients and some of those nutrients are only found in the peels but that is not the wisest idea especially with non organics.

To help pickup the vitamin and minerals in your diet you can take a mutli vitamin/mineral. There are many choices from liquid to solid chelated tablets but how well absorbed are they and in what doses?

Do you really want to dissect each one and its required amounts acquiring the info from what you understand taken from a sea of data?

Even when looking at studies of certain brands, you will have a tough time understanding the information and chances are, it is paid for by the company.

The easiest thing is to choose as best you can, maybe try a few brands and see which 'feel' best.

Some of the top choices such as 'One a Day', 'Centrum', 'GNC' and Usana are among the most popular in general. There are others such as Animal Pak which is popular in the bodybuilding circle.

Studies have shown Usana is one of the best absorbed vitamin and least wasted making the amounts labeled count for their number. Some other brands which are not as well absorbed end up in your urine as they are not giving the full benefit of the total grams or amount shown to be in each tablet.

By Linda Cusmano