Best Affordable Multivitamin for Women?

ashleyeatsbetter

I am trying to get on a good multivitamin but the ones that look the best are like $60! Currently with my financial situation (and planning a friend's wedding with her) I cannot afford to pay $60 for vitamins. Have you guys found any that you like?

AnvilHead

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10674194/women-s-multivitamin-suggestions

VUA21

A One-A-Day is just fine. Unless you're missing a whole lot of nutrients, ie eating almost nothing but candy & chips, you don't need the absolute best.

jenmarie8784

I've been taking one a day womens multivitamins for at least 2 yrs and I like them.

callsitlikeiseeit

i take a generic one a day.

of all the things i spend money on, overspending on vitamins isn't one of them. you pee most of it out anyways lololol

WholeFoods4Lyfe

What is your reason for taking a multi vitamin? Are you deficient? Honestly, most vitamins are just expensive pee unless you have an actual deficiency.

Lounmoun

I'm paying about $4-5 for a bottle of 100 generic one a day multivitamins. I started taking it because I was feeling run down. I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism but still take the vitamin because I have it and it may help a bit. From what I have read generic is just as good as a name brand.

What do you think you need from a multivitamin and why do you think a $60 bottle is better than a $5 bottle?

whitpauly

I'm a one a day girl too and even still have neon yellow pee sometimes so I'm pretty sure you don't really need those $60 ones

counting_kilojoules

The last I heard was that studies showed that vitamins didn't increase the longevity or health of people studied except in those with actual deficiencies (who are taking specific vitamins in larger doses such as iron, B12, folate etc rather than than a multivitamin.) So personally, I wouldn't bother, I especially wouldn't spend $60 on it. (I've seen expensive vitamins before, I think the extra expense is the marketing, not the product, myself.) If you really want to take one, just get something basic from your chemist.

Fuzzipeg

Find something without copper, it can have nasty consequences if you have too much.

If you are under 60, not getting elderly, in good health, with a good, broad ranging diet you should have no need of vitamins and minerals.

dsboohead

Since I am over 50yo, I use over 50 vitamin supplements. I spend $7 for my generic of 125 caps.
Never would spend over $10.

stanmann571

There's no reason to pay $60 for any supplement.

Generics are fine, if you find there's something specific that you want to supplement additionally, a mineral one a day or a joint health one a day or a B Complex one a day, etc still shouldn't cost you $60

ladyhusker39

The only thing I've tested deficient in is Vitamin D so I take a basic 2000 IU of that each day. Otherwise, there's really no point. Have you checked with your doctor? He/she can do the tests and let you know what you specifically need.

solieco1

michelle172415 wrote: »

What is your reason for taking a multi vitamin? Are you deficient? Honestly, most vitamins are just expensive pee unless you have an actual deficiency.

This. More and more evidence that if you have a reasonably healthy diet it's a complete waste of money unless a blood test has found something very deficient. Eat real food, more variety is better, ditch the vitamins.

Strawblackcat

I actually think that most multivitamins are pretty worthless. The kind of people that actually regularly take the darned things usually eat well enough to not need them, and the people that could benefit from them usually aren't willing to take them regularly.

I save my monthly supplement budget to focus on protein and gut health and buy protein powder/bars and probiotics/enzymes instead.