Silver and Gold Magazine Winter 2016 | Page 21

MULTIVITAMINS Are they important? – By Ryan Cote, healthguidance.org It’s absolutely crucial that your body gets the nutrients it needs to function effectively and efficiently. The daily stress of pollution, fatty and processed food, and stress deplete your body of nutrients and it’s up to you to replace these nutrients. You can do this through healthy nutrition, or even better, through healthy nutrition and proper supplementation. For the average person, it’s difficult to get the proper amount of nutrients needed from food alone. Even the healthiest of eaters might not be getting the recommended amount of vitamins and minerals. This is because it’s hard to judge exactly how much nutrients you are getting from the food you are eating, not to mention certain forms of cooking actually destroys the vitamins and minerals in the food. This is why taking a multivitamin supplement is so benefiting. The best thing you can do for you body is to eat a balanced diet and supplement it with a quality multivitamin. You’ll get the nutrients your body needs from the food and then back it up with the multivitamin for a powerpacked effect. So which