I think I may have heard that taking multivitamins every other day is more optimal than taking the vitamins every day. Does anyone have factual knowledge on this?
2007-09-30 07:22:59 · 5 answers · asked by naijagoddess4life 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
As long as you are eating a balanced diet, you shouldn't really need a multivitamin. Multivitamins are to supplement minerals and vitamins that are missing out of your diet. Most likely the "every other day" advice you have heard is because your diet is sufficient and you don't need to repelenish everyday. Whether or not that is "optimal" I have no clue. (Your body will just eliminate/pee out whatever is in excess. However, you should be careful of fat soluble vitamins that the body holds on to longer...vitamins A, D, E, and K. Over ingestion of these may have adverse effects.)
2007-09-30 07:34:35 · answer #1 · answered by everfair 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Centrum is a good choice and when you are restricting calories like you are they are a good idea to boost your intake of essential vitamins and minerals. I saw a study done by some doctors and scientists on vitamins and they did indeed find they are only useful in certain cases like dieting, pregnancy supplementing etc. Its when people who already have a good diet and want to supplement with vitamins that they are wasting their time...the body generally only absorbs a certain amount of vitamins and then excretes the excess so why bother taking them just to poop them out?...
2016-05-17 10:27:04 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Follow the directions on the label. Don't overdose. Water soluble vitamins get discharged if not used. Fat soluble vitamins will be stored if not used. Eat well. Vitamins alone won't work.
2007-09-30 07:37:10 · answer #3 · answered by Jack 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take em every day. Every other day is not more optimal. iF anything it's less.
2007-09-30 07:28:22 · answer #4 · answered by lifetimeknowledge 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
once a day is fine I do
2007-09-30 07:36:23 · answer #5 · answered by sugarbdp1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1nce a day
2007-09-30 07:30:52 · answer #6 · answered by 1337 Cyclista 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋