A multivitamine rather than a cocktail of supplements?
Unless to endure a deficiency diagnosed by a health professional, it is preferable to take some multivitamines that to opt for a ” cocktail” of vitamins and minerals.
It is the opinion of the Kim Arrey1, that sees some patients regularly presenting itself/themselves at his/her/its clinic with a bag containing several vitamins, without knowing too much if they endure specific deficiencies.
According to a sondage2, 33% of the Canadians of 50 years and more take a combination of simple supplements, as the folic acid with the C vitamin, E or the complex B, for example. At the 35 years to 49 years, this percentage would be of 30%.
The food before the supplement
According to Kim Arrey, it is important to consult a professional. a nutritionist or a physician. before taking a supplement vitaminique. ” It is necessary to verify first if the food permits to fill the nutritional needs”, insist the.
General rule, a varied food should provide all nutriments essential to the working of the organism. ” To respect the Canadian food Guide should permit to benefit from everything of which one has need, recall Kim Arrey. But, the problem, it is that most people don’t have a balanced food and endure deficiencies. ”
From where the interest to take some multivitamines, she/it underlines.
Necessary, the multivitamines?
Today, close to 60% of the Canadians take a supplement of multivitamines3 regularly. It is necessary to say that the health professionals encourage this way since the publication, in 2002, of an important étude4 on the topic. The researchers concluded that the multivitamines should be part of the food habits of the adults.
The scientific studies on the topic are however contradictoires3. Nevertheless, Kim Arrey estimates that the multivitamines contributes to the maintenance of a good health and the prevention of some illnesses at people of 50 years and more.
” For example, the D vitamin is good for the bones and to reduce the risk of colon cancer, while the lutéine permits to counter the degeneration maculaire”, illustrate the nutritionist.
According to her, the recourse to the multivitamines can solve a paradox that appears from about fifty. ” While aging, one eats less, but our nutritional needs increase, she/it says. But if one ate what is necessary, one would risk to take the weight, since most of us don’t move sufficiently.”
Otherwise, a lot of aged people nourish themselves badly, she/it underlines. ” Although the multivitamines doesn’t replace the lack of proteins, they fill at least in part the deficiencies vitaminiques and mineral of which these people often” endure, specify Kim Arrey.
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