Should I take multivitamins while being on a fat loss diet ?

A lot of studies show they don't help as much as people think. Eating healthy is the best way, but if you have a reason or are lacking something specifically a vitamin may be beneficial supplement.

Lhenderson923 wrote: »

If you want to take one, there’s really no reason not to unless you have been told otherwise by a medical practitioner. The research on whether they help or not isn’t definitive, but they definitely may help fill in small gaps in your diet. I take a prenatal vitamin every day (I’m not pregnant but breastfeeding and I tend to have more children so I just keep taking the same one).

I'm the same.

I do add a Vitamin D and calcium supplement - calcium since I'm breastfeeding, and vitamin D since I'm in an area where deficiency is really common. Neither are in sufficient quantities through the prenatal alone, although I do eat foods that are high in calcium anyway, and get outside time. It's just an extra help, not a miracle cure.

As far as getting things from food, a lot of these vitamins and minerals are in relatively low-calorie foods, too. One of the things I like about this way of eating is I can experiment a little bit and adjust over time. If I'm not familiar with a vegetable, I can learn how to prepare it. The other thing is to take a broad view of it - I may not get every single nutrient to the max every single day, but over time I am eating a sufficient variety to include most of those things in appropriate quantities for overall general health. My doctors and midwives are happy with that.