Clients often ask us if they should be taking vitamins and/or other supplements. The short answer is: yes. Even if you’ve got a near-perfect diet, you can still benefit from vitamins.
A really good quality multivitamin is part of your foundation of good nutrition,” says holistic nutritionist Katie Chemij. “Even if you tried your hardest to have the best diet possible, the way we grow, and manufacture food now is not as nutritionally dense as it was even a couple of decades back. It’s really hard to get optimal levels of nutrients from food alone.” Therefore, she recommends combining a good quality supplement with good quality food.
But be warned – all vitamins are not created equally. The vitamin industry is massive and unregulated, and there are a lot of products on the market that are of very poor quality.
How do I know if a vitamin is a good one? When looking at a multivitamin, there are some telltale signs of a good product, and a poor product.