What are the benefits of taking a multivitamin?
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Overall better health.You will soon feel the difference.It is a good thing because you get all the vitamins that you need & they work with the foods that you eat.I take a one-a-day plus minerals everyday.And women need iron.
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You're probably getting more than you need since they are designed to provide nutritional support for two.  I'd be most concerned about the iron content.  Unless you've been diagnosed as anemic, you shouldn't take a lot of supplemental iron since it can tax your kidneys among other things.  If you just feel like you need to supplement your diet, why not just take a regular multivitamin/multimineral supplement?
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this is a vitamin to boost your brain memory and to enhance learning ability. if the dosage is not on the bottle and since it is a vitamin take it like a supplement one a day just like the the vitamin that has been around for over 50 years
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the best choice is a multivitamin 95% of the time.  Depending on your age and health concerns due to family history you should look into suppliments that help with\n- heart (lycopine)\n- prostate (there are many, I take saw palmento)\n- immune (zinc / garlic)
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B vitamins are good for the nervous system. There are several, that is why it is called B complex, ribiflavin, thiamine, folic acid, B6, B12 niacin, \n\nTry for a varied diet with lots of vegetables, but a vitamin pill would not hurt. B vitamins are water soluble and you will pee out any extra your body does not want.
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Multiviatmins should be taken only if there is any deficiency or to recoup health after illness;  that  too for a short period.  Otherwise it is harmful to the body.
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folate, thiamine and multivitamin
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Vitamin B-12 is supposed to be good for building energy if taken regularly. My husband swears by them.
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I take a multi called Source of Life, by Natures Plus. You take three a day.\n Avoid vitamins like Centrum, they don't break down in your system, another words they are as hard as a rock!!! Your urine should look like Mountain Dew after taking a good vitamin. (thats how you know if it is breaking down or not) Taking just one a day does not give you the requirements that your body deserves. It goes through your body very fast. The brands that require three a day are the brands I would look into.
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"cretain"? I would just stick with a good multivitamin if I were you. Eat healthy and you shouldn't have to worry too much about "supplements". ~smiles
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Chemical multivitamins like Centrum dont do much good. Our body absorbs natural substances better.\nLook of good natural/herbal multivitamin supplements manufactured by reputable companies. They will be pricier than Centrum for sure (you have to pay for health)\nThen take the nutrition info to your health care professional / nutritionist and check out according to your requirements and current medications/special conditions/allergies before taking.
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To the centrum answer, this is the worst multivitamin on the market, they use synthetic nutrients and have tiny amounts of the vitamins you need. You have been watching to many commercials.\n\nOmnium By Solgar is a great multivitamin, and they use ester C.
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Take 2000 mgs of Vitamin C all at once. You should notice a difference in about 20 minutes.  If you don't, take another 1000 mgs of Vitamin C.  If it gets stuffed up again, do this again.\n\nDr Linus Pauling, who won a Nobel prize, used to take 10,000 mgs of Vitamin C per day and 20,000 mgs per day when he had a cold coming on or a flu.  He lived to be around 95 years old and took care of his ranch near Big Sur until he died.  If it is good enough for him, it should be good enough for us.\n\nI have been taking a minimum of 3000 mgs of Vitamin C for 35 years.  I am fine.  I take no medical drugs.  When I have a cold, I take 3000 mgs every 3 to 4 hours to keep my nose from running and to stop sneezing so much.  \n\nI rarely get a cold because as soon as I notice a cold coming on, I immediately (within an hour, if possible) take 3000 mgs of Vitamin C and then again in 3-4 hours and if I don't forget, I take another 3000 mgs of Vit C at bedtime. In most cases, I never get that cold.  If I don't take Vitamin C within the hour from when I first notice a symtom of the cold, it is likely that I will have to suffer through the cold but taking the Vit C every 3 - 4 hours helps to make me less miserable.\n\nzhebee
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vitamin A (If u r not taking green leafy vegetables, carrots,etc)\nVitamin B - take daily\nVitamin D (If u r not sufficiently exposed to  sun)\nVitamin C (if u r not consuming citrus foods regularly)\nvitamin E (for smooth and healthy  skin and hair)
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The benefits are as follows:\n1.  Durability (Longer lasting) of muscle and tissue\n2.  Flexibility\n3.  Once you eat right there is not much need for supplements and your body would be more immune to ailments, diseases and pain during training.\n4.  With supplements, the muscles are build up more quickly and once you stop taking supplements, the muscles tend to shrink and lag with more fat.  When you are naturally training, then you stay looking good for a long long time.  You will get old and still look like an athlete.\nHope this meets with your satisfaction.
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Never trust any vitamins. They do come with all they say but nothing happens. If you want to stay healthy...............eat fruits or veggies and stay out of Junkfood.
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I think if you eat lots of fruits and vegetables high in vitamins around your small daily meals, and take a multi-vitamin every day you should be good without help of diet products, eat alot of extra things good for you, and a little of fatty foods and it rounds it out.