Vitamins, Minerals, & Supplements, OH MY!!

We all know that we should take a multivitamin every day… but do we?  When it comes to obtaining nutrients your body needs, your best possible source is food, especially fruits and vegetables.  But certain circumstances may prevent you from eating optimally every day. For example, a person who hates fruits and vegetables might not get enough vitamin C and someone who refuses to eat dairy products will frequently need extra calcium.

Taking a daily multivitamin is an inexpensive and easy way to be sure you are getting the vitamins and minerals you need. A few individual dietary supplements have been shown to have positive benefits for your health too.  Personally, I take a One A Day Women’s multivitamin, multimineral, supplement and Juice Plus+ every day.  What is Juice Plus+ you ask??

Juice Plus+ is a whole food based nutritional product containing a wide variety of naturally occurring nutrients including antioxidants and other phytonutrients from 17 different fruits, vegetables and grains in powdered concentrate form.  No, Juice Plus+ should never replace a diet filled with a wide and colorful variety of fruits and vegetables. It is a convenient way for people to get even more of the whole food based nutrition from fruits and vegetables that is so important to a healthy diet and so lacking in our diets today.  Juice Plus+ is made from fresh, high-quality fruits and vegetables. The fruits and vegetables are juiced, and the juices are then concentrated into powders using a proprietary drying process that carefully maintains temperatures at levels that preserve as much of the original nutrient quality as possible.  Check them out at www.juiceplus.com

Clearly, eating an assortment of fresh fruits and vegetables, lean meats, whole grains, fish and poultry, and low fat dairy products is the best way to get your daily dose of vitamins and nutrients to ward off illness and to keep your body functioning properly.  But taking a multivitamin daily is a great backup plan!

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