How to Pick the Best Multivitamin for Your Health<

Do you know what to look for when choosing a multivitamin that will benefit your health? Many are a once a day supplement that is packed with vitamins and minerals that your body needs to function. When you have enough vitamins and minerals, your immune system is strong and you will feel healthy. 

Of course, getting your essential nutrients through fruits and vegetables is the best way to go. However, many people today do not have enough time or struggle to eat the right amount of fruits and veggies in their diets. In those cases, having a multivitamin can be helpful.

GoBiotix put together this article for you so you can learn how to pick the best multivitamin for your health. Let’s get started!

When You Need a Multivitamin

Multivitamins are useful if you are not meeting your daily nutrition needs. For that reason, many vegetarians, vegans, or those with dietary restrictions tend to need them more than other people. Women who are expecting should also take a prenatal vitamin or those who have a deficiency. Your doctor can run a test to let you know if you are deficient in any type of vitamin.

Vitamins to Look For

When it comes to needing more of a certain kind of vitamin, many people are deficient in vitamin D. Vitamin D can be lost from your body when you are stressed and it does not come by naturally in many foods. If you want more natural vitamin D, going outside on a sunny day can be beneficial. 

Your multivitamin should also contain magnesium, zinc, and calcium. These vitamins and minerals are essential to your body’s health, as they are used in many different bodily functions. Our Complete Probiotic Multivitamin has all of those vitamins mixed in, plus, it includes a blend of probiotics to benefit your gut health.

Signs of Deficiencies

If you notice these responses in your body, you might be lacking in some essential vitamins. 

Keep an eye out for:

• Chronic fatigue
• Vision changes
• Irregular heartbeat
• Slow-healing wounds
• Joint pain
• Hair loss

Your doctor might run a blood test depending on the symptoms that you have. This will let them know exactly what vitamin you are deficient in. Over the years, there has been growing concern in the United States over Americans missing important nutrients in their diets. The most common deficiencies are in:

• Vitamin D
• Potassium
• Iron
• Magnesium
• Calcium

When deciding on what supplement will benefit you the most, you will want to think about what you might be deficient in. 

Symptoms and Supplements

Brittle Nails and Weak Hair

If you are experiencing these symptoms, then you might be lacking biotin, or B7, in your diet. Biotin helps your body convert the food you eat into energy, without it you might feel very tired, have muscle cramps, or notice thinning hair.

A deficiency in this vitamin can cause brittle nails that break and split easily, and thin your hair or make the ends of the hair shaft split easier. Egg yolks, meat, nuts, spinach, and bananas are all foods that are rich in biotin.

The GoBiotix GLOW is a vitamin supplement designed for your hair, skin, and nails. It contains 10,000 mcg of biotin, which works well at repairing a deficiency. 

Hair loss can also be a sign of other deficiencies. It can indicate that you are low in iron, zinc, biotin, niacin, and essential fatty acids. Taking a good multivitamin should have you covered in almost all of those areas, however.

Bleeding Gums

Do your gums bleed even when you make sure to brush your teeth gently? If you always brush your teeth softly but your gums still have a tendency to bleed, then you might not have enough vitamin C in your body.

Vitamin C is essential when it comes to your immune system. Vitamin C is not produced in your body, so if you do not have enough of it, you might want to try a supplement. It can be found in many fruits and vegetables, although many people do not have enough fresh fruits and veggies in their diet.

Raising your vitamin C intake is important, as it might lead to dry skin or tooth loss- plus, scurvy can be caused by a severe vitamin C deficiency. If you want an easy way to up your vitamin C intake, we suggest trying our Immunity Fizz Wellness Booster.

This supplement supports and improves your immune health, increases your energy levels, and helps support your overall health. Vitamin C is a common deficiency these days, so we recommend that you keep an eye out for signs of it in your body.

Restless Leg Syndrome

Restless leg syndrome, or RLS, is a condition that affects your nerves. You will know you have it if you often experience uncomfortable twitches in your legs and have an urge to move them around. The feeling is often stronger when you are trying to fall asleep.

The causes of RLS are still being studied, however, there are signs that it might be linked to a deficiency in iron. Taking a supplement with iron can relieve RLS symptoms and magnesium supplements have also been shown to help.  

Increasing your vitamin C intake might also be helpful. Vitamin C levels have been shown to impact the body’s ability to absorb iron. There are many ways to increase your body’s ability to absorb iron, such as eating more meat, fish, and poultry.

Our Probiotic Multivitamin includes both vitamin C and iron. You will want to take the vitamin every day with your first meal for the best results.

Mouth Ulcers or Cracking

If you notice ulcers or cracks at the corners of your mouth, you might be low in certain vitamins or minerals. Mouth ulcers can be linked to deficiencies in iron or any of the B vitamin complex. 

Plus, if your mouth is cracking and bleeding that can be a sign of dehydration. We recommend that you drink more water daily and take a vitamin with iron and the B vitamin complex, or focus on adding more whole grains, meat, eggs, dairy, and dark green veggies to your diet.

You Have Dandruff

Dandruff is when your scalp is itching and flaking. It can be caused by a poor diet lacking in essential vitamins and minerals. If you are low on zinc, niacin (B3), riboflavin (B2), or pyridoxine (B6) you might be experiencing harsh dandruff.

Sometimes, special shampoo can help. However, that will only solve the problem if it is external. Lower amounts of nutrients are internal, so this means that you might want to turn to a multivitamin to cover all of those vitamins if you still have dandruff after using a special shampoo for a while.

Our Glow all-natural multivitamin contains all of those nutrients: zinc, B3, B2, and B6. That means that it should be very effective at increasing the health of your hair! In short, a lack of B vitamins can cause a dry scalp and a supplement can help you get the vitamins that you need.

Conclusion

The best way to pick a multivitamin for your health is to figure out what defines your body has. Once you know that, you can easily determine which supplements provide the vitamins and minerals that your body needs more of.

Sources

https://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/vitamins/biotin 

https://lpi.oregonstate.edu/mic/vitamins/biotin 

https://www.everydayhealth.com/skin-and-beauty/dry-scalp-treatments.aspx