Excellent Multivitamins for Rookies By Zach Bashore
Multivitamins are a great way to get the daily recommended vitamin
intake that cannot be obtained in your diet. Just take a pill and you have
your daily needs in one easy swallow. Multivitamins are the most convenient
way to get vitamins to your body that would otherwise be left out. You are
going to learn what multivitamins do for the body and learn the deficiencies
of not getting enough vitamins in your body. After reading this article, you
should then understand why it is crucial to supplement with a multivitamin.
Vitamins are food substances that assist essential biochemical
reactions within your body. There are thirteen known vitamins divided
between fat soluble and water soluble. Fat soluble stores in the body for
months and come in the forms A,D,E, and K. Your body is able to store enough
water soluble vitamins to only last a few weeks. The nine vitamins that are
labeled water soluble are C, B1, B2, B6, niacin, folic acid, biotin, and
pantothenic acid.
If you are eating a healthy diet with lots of whole foods and the
correct balance of proteins, fats, and carbs, you should be fine. However,
if your diet is not so great, then you should consider investing in a basic
multivitamin. There are many problems associated with not getting enough
vitamins that it would take a book to fill. Some of the most basic signs of
deficiency are a higher tendency to feel stressed and you may feel sick more
often. Cigarette smoke also depletes vitamin C, calcium, magnesium, vitamin
D, vitamin E, and selenium, so if you smoke, make sure that your
multivitamin contains these ingredients.
Bodybuilders mostly want vitamins for their muscle building and
fat loss effect. However, 99% of the world`s population are not
bodybuilders, but they should still take a multivitamin. Women of
childbearing age, people over age 60, pregnant or breast feeding woman,
strict vegetarians, people on weight loss diets, and anyone not eating a
balanced diet, all benefit greatly from them. Even if you take a
multivitamin, you still need to eat a healthy diet. Foods such as
vegetables, fruits, and whole grains provide fiber and many other
antioxidants not found in any type of pill.
Look for 100% of the daily value for vitamins such as vitamin D,
B1, B2, B3, B6, B12, folic acid, and at least 20 micrograms of vitamin K. A
multivitamin should not cost you more than a few cents a day. You don`t need
a fancy multivitamin to have a good body, just make sure you have one.
Taking more that 100% of the daily value is not good for you. In fact, it is
harmful because large doese of copper can interfere with the absortion of
zinc and vice versa. Large doses of vitamin A and zinc are also harmful for
your body and is worse for you than not taking one at all. I hope that you
now understand the basics of multivitamins and will make an educated
decision next time you go shopping for vitamins. Until next time.
