Multivitamins are 100% worth taking BUT I would not waste my money on the cheap forms of nutrients that can be found in many multivitamins that are difficult for the body to absorb and utilize. I would prefer anyone to take a lower dose of nutrients from one of the best quality supplement brands than a higher dose from one of the worst vitamin brands that are using cheap forms of vitamins.
If money is a factor when choosing a supplement line or multivitamin (and let’s be honest, money is often always a factor to consider) I would still recommend choosing a supplement line with active bioavailable forms of nutrients even if it may be a tad more expensive…. just lower the dose. While I believe and see supplements being beneficial I don’t recommend or waste my money on cheaper forms of vitamins found in supplements.
How to Choose a Multivitamin
When determining whether a multivitamin is of high quality or a supplement line is good in general, I always look to see what form of B12 is used. The cheap inactive form of B12 is cyanocobalamin. If you see this cheap synthetic form of B12 don’t waste your money. The supplement company is either unaware or cutting costs at the expense of your wallet and health.
To me using the cheap form of B12 in the form of cyanocobalamin says a lot about the ethics of a supplement line and how much they care about the consumer. Maybe their best interest lies in profits or they are not properly educated but when it comes to your health, I want you to be educated.
Better forms of B12 include methylcobalamin and adenosylcobalamin.
The second nutrient I always look for in a multivitamin to help determine the quality is whether a supplement line contains folic acid. Folic acid is the cheap synthetic form of B9. If this form of B9 is used you are looking at a cheaper less effective and problematic form of B9, especially if you have an MTHFR SNP. Instead, you want to look for methylfolate which is the active and most usable form of B9 by the body. Folinic acid is another good form.
While there are many different forms of each mineral and vitamin I always start with these 2 vitamins at first glance to determine whether a supplement or a multivitamin is worth buying. If a supplement contains the cheap forms of B12 and B9 I do not waste my money on purchasing supplements with these cheap forms.
Some other cheap forms of minerals that are not easily absorbed include magnesium oxide, calcium carbonate, and zinc oxide. Better more absorbable forms of minerals include chelates, glycinates, and malates such as calcium chelate, zinc chelate, and magnesium malate.
When looking at vitamin D you always want to look for vitamin D3 and not D2
These are some of the key forms of vitamins and minerals to watch out for. If you are looking for a supplement brand where you can trust the entire product line Seeking Health has a phenomenal range of effective, bioavailable nutrients across the entire product line which are physician formulated.
Seeking Health is the supplement line that I have hand-selected to personally use…. And I am pretty picky when it comes to supplements. But you don’t have to only take my word for it. Seeking Health continues to get 5-star ratings and rave reviews across the entire line that you can check out for yourself.
After working in a health food store for a while I found that even some “practitioner” range supplements would still sometimes contain cheaper forms of vitamins and minerals. Because I can trust the entire range at Seeking Health to use the best forms of nutrients it is the supplement brand that I have chosen to use and highly recommend this line as vitamins worth taking.
If you are wondering should I take a multivitamin and what are the benefits of taking a multivitamin then that depends on how you feel and what kind of a diet you are eating. Do you have the energy that you want or do you feel tired?
While no supplement can replace a nutrient-dense whole food diet it is increasingly difficult to get all the nutrition from food for optimal levels, especially as soils are depleted, stress levels are higher and commercial food does not contain the same amount of nutrition as our grandparents and ancestors.
Not to mention we need nutrients from our food to detox the chemicals that are sprayed on our food…. A bit of a vicious cycle that our ancestors didn’t have to deal with and more than ever in this modern world people are overloaded with empty calories and not enough nutrition.
The body’s functions are run on nutrients from making ATP the body’s usable form of energy to the beating of your heart to pump blood, to carrying oxygen, making bones and detoxing your liver and body. All of the bodies amazing functions rely upon nutrients from food and a deficiency of any nutrients can cause the body to cry with various signs and symptoms, so if you are wondering are multivitamins useful the answer is yes.
Think of your multivitamin as your health insurance and whole body liver detox support. Every single nutrient plays an important role in the body. Taking a multivitamin helps to cover the basic needs of the body to help with increasing energy levels, supporting the liver with the nutrients required for liver, antioxidant support and cellular metabolism.
When to take a multivitamin
The best time to take a multivitamin is in the morning or at lunch. The best multivitamins contain nutrients in the optimal form to increase energy, therefore it is best to take a multivitamin in the morning or early afternoon and not before bed as the B vitamins can be stimulating and possibly disrupt your sleep if taken before bed.
Should I take a multivitamin every day?
In general, a multivitamin can be taken every day but it is always a good idea to take supplements as needed. On days that you feel great don’t take your multivitamin but if your feeling low on energy, stressed out and in need of antioxidant, liver detox support take your mul
tivitamin.
Seeking health’s multivitamins are a comprehensive vitamin and mineral support with active bioavailable forms of nutrients. You can rest assured that no inferior ingredients such as folic acid or cyanocobalamin are used and that you will truly get a multivitamin that is worth your money and will benefit your health.
My top 3 multivitamins are:
#1
Seeking Health has a prenatal multivitamin in capsule form or a delicious tasting optimal prenatal protein powder for those who prefer to not take capsules. This prenatal multivitamin contains the methylated forms of folate and B12 which can benefit people with the MTHFR gene or SNP’s in the methylation pathway. If you have inflammation in your body and don’t tolerate the methylated B vitamins the optimal minus one may be a better multivitamin for you.
#2
Seeking Health’s optimal multivitamin contains more than 50 nutritional ingredients in a base of a green superfood, fruit and vegetable blend with antioxidant and phytonutrient support.
#3
Seeking Healths optimal multi minus one does not contain the methylated B vitamins and is great for anyone sensitive to the methylated B vitamins. This multivitamin contains superoxide dismutase to help squelch free radicals and PQQ to help support energy production.
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