Do we really need vitamins if we eat whole foods?

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  • granolagrl85
    granolagrl85 Posts: 135
    Generally - No

    I didn't even take one while pregnant. *gasp*
  • fteale
    fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
    I take a B6 and 12 supplement, omega 3 and Co Q10 every day. I try to get iron too.

    I think the way most foods are farmed these days, intensively without fallow years for the soil, that even eating whole foods, you can end up vitamin deficient.
  • erixitl
    erixitl Posts: 22 Member
    Coming from a medical background, I'm going to say that I think most people DO need a multivitamin supplement. Unfortunately it is very hard for most of us to assure that we get a "balanced" diet on a consistent basis. Even if you are very knowledgeable and try hard at it, the content of the foods is quite variable depending on how it was farmed/processed. It doesn't do any harm to take one, so at worst you might be wasting a bit of money. However, for most people, you are covering deficits that you don't know about.
  • ironanimal
    ironanimal Posts: 5,922 Member
    Perhaps not, but better safe than sorry. I take Wellman (a multi-vitamin/mineral supplement designed for men) as well as an additional Vitamin D supplement because of the lack of sunshine most of the year here. Multi-vitamins really don't cost very much and it's an investment in your own health.
  • spottedlee
    spottedlee Posts: 372
    If you live in northern states,, you NEED Vitamin D. This is something you can't really get by food, but by sun. I live in WA, as per doc recommadation, I take 2,000 IU a day, after being diagnonised of Vit D deciefity (not sure of spelling.)
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