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Should
I Take Multi Vitamins?
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 Michael Collins: The question is
often asked whether multivitamins 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 but this may no longer be the case. Many
of the foods we eat are processed and have all sorts of additives that
can be detrimental to our health.
Even 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. Everything from smoking to
alcohol will deplete the body of
essential vitamins and minerals (I know these shouldn't be a factor for
you though... should they?).
Even fitness training, while good for our health, places additional
demands on the body and this is best addressed with supplementation.
A good quality multivitamin taken daily can help to balance out
any deficiencies that we might have. This will help us to train
better and to stay fitter and healthier and not become as susceptible to
illness.
The challenge is that even the best
quality multi vitamin has it's shortcomings. The biggest one being that
they often lack
vital phytonutrients and antioxidants found in trace amounts in certain
fruits and vegetables.
A few months ago I found a product made by
a company named Biotest, called
Superfood.
It's basically a small bottle of those valuable fruits and vegetables,
freeze dried and concentrated. This is about the closest you can come to
eating the actual fruits and vegetables themselves.
I've since switched over from my normal
multi vitamin to the Superfood, and I like it. (By the way, I have no
connection to the product or company that makes it. I just like the
concept)
So, yes, if you are doing intensive
fitness training, your requirements might be higher than normal and
might necessitate some form of multi vitamin/ mineral/ nutrient complex.
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