Dietary Insurance: A Daily Vitamin

If you eat a healthy diet, do you need to take vitamins? Not long ago, the answer from most experts would have been a resounding "no". Today, though, there's good evidence that taking a daily multivitamin makes sense for most adults.

What's changed? Not only have scientists determined why we need micronutrients such as pyridoxine (vitamin B6), but they are also accumulating evidence that this vitamin and others do much more than ward off the so-called diseases of deficiency, things like scurvy and rickets. Intake of several vitamins above the minimum daily requirement may also prevent heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis, and other chronic diseases – not to mention that fact that a good multivitamin & mineral product can combat day-to-day symptoms like tiredness, low energy and even digestive problems.

A standard multivitamin supplement doesn't come close to making up for an unhealthy diet. It provides a dozen or so of the vitamins known to maintain health, a mere shadow of what's available from eating plenty of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. Instead, a daily multivitamin provides a sort of nutritional safety net.

While most people get enough vitamins to avoid the classic deficiency diseases, relatively few get enough of five key vitamins that may be important in preventing several chronic diseases. These include:

• Folic acid
• Vitamin B6
• Vitamin B12
• Vitamin D
• Vitamin E

G&G’s Mega 2000 can supply you with enough of these vitamins – as well as other essential nutrients, including minerals – for just £10.95 (1 month’s supply). It's about the least expensive health insurance you can buy!
 

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