Go Multivitamin

Hiyo!

I know a lot of people think about whether or not they should take a multivitamin. There seems to pros (more micronutrients, better health possibly) and cons (cost, effectiveness). I'll just real quick give you my thoughts on multivitamins.

Multivitamins come in many different shapes, varieties, and costs. For the most part they try to do the same thing. They take a broken down or artificially made micronutrient (vitamins and minerals) and put it in pill form in order for you to get a daily dose that you want. Seems pretty convenient to me. Your body will metabolize the pill and get to the good stuff and your body can use it.

Multivitamins are not, for the most part, natural. What I mean is, there is such thing as normal food and with these normal foods we get all the micronutrients found in multivitamins. Our bodies are used to digesting apples and tomatoes and bread and eggs, etc. The body can find a super source of the small stuff to be a little challenging or not as "clean." Therefore, to me, if you can get all the micronutrients you want from normal foods, this is a much better and healthier way of doing so.

Which multivitamin you want to take is up to you. I do recommend that if you have health concerns always (ALWAYS) ask a doctor to make sure it's right. The last thing you want to be doing is making some part of your body sicker trying to be healthier. I think the two biggest body parts to be concerned with are the liver and kidneys, so if these are areas of concern, consult your doc!!

Taking a multivitamin is much more beneficial right after eating a meal. Why? Because it will digest more normally with the food thus giving you a better efficiency with the pill. It's like you're tricking your body into thinking it came from the food!

Lastly, multivitamins are not the answer. Taking a multivitamin does not cure you. If you think that you can stick to an awful diet but add a multivitamin, this is like eating fast food for every meal just because you have a banana in the morning. First things for all healthy individuals is to watch what you are eating.

So take a multivitamin and see how you like it! It should be hard to notice much change, but it also shouldn't hurt!