How too choose a multi-vitamin

            So I know it can be very confusing too choose a multivitamin from the store shelves due to all those brand names out there and varieties they have. What I am going to discuss today is what to look for when picking out your multivitamin pack.

1.      Read the label carefully. Make sure the vitamin pack you are choosing has the proper percentages and serving size.

2.      Get the basics. Most vitamin packs have C, B1, B20, and B6, folic acid, k and potassium. To name a few. There should be a good amount of all of these in each serving.

3.      Look for the Extras. Make sure that the vitamin pack has the additional nutrients like antioxidants or formulation blends for specific conditions or purpose.

4.      Make sure too buy a proven vitamin pack for your specific gender and age group.

5.      Remember to not overdo it. Multivitamins are meant to help fill in the nutritional gaps that food cannot fill in on its own. Too much of concentrated vitamins can led to build up and could potentially become toxic.

Now an interesting note is that most multivitamins do not contain enough vitamin D or calcium in it and should be ingested as an additional supplement, unless your diet is rich with milk, fish and/or calcium fortified foods and beverages.

Also men’s multivitamins traditionally have less iron in them because men need less in their system. While the opposite is true for women who need more levels of iron and folic acid for reproductive health.

The last thing to note is that multivitamins do not last forever. So make sure to check the expiration date and too store in a cool dry space out of the reach of children.