Calcium is often included
in multivitamin supplements, and you'll also see calcium supplements with other minerals such as magnesium and zinc.
If you're not deficient in the vitamins and minerals
contained in the multivitamin, you're not going to notice anything by supplementing with more.
The
minerals in multivitamins are usually synthetic, inorganic minerals which have poor bioavailability and absorption and therefore become free radicals in the body causing oxidation.
This amount should include the
amount in multivitamins and any additional folate supplement (be sure to check multivitamins, as many contain the synthetic form!).
Consider vitamin A. Vitamin A is often
provided in multivitamins as preformed vitamin A, or retinol, in the form of retinyl palmitate or retinyl acetate.
The amounts of each vitamin
type in multivitamin formulations are generally adapted to correlate with what is believed to result in optimal health effects in large population groups.
Its high concentration of vitamin C is what make the plant so valuable today, and the main reason it has also been cropping up
in the multivitamin industries of Japan and the U.S.
It is also found in standalone supplements, it is also
used in multivitamins but in low concentrations which is not sufficient to provide much benefit.
Sodium selenate and sodium selenite are commonly used forms of
selenium in multivitamins and they are absorbed well in to the body.
Having
it in your multivitamin could actually raise phosphorus levels too high.
AND, because it is a whole food, the vitamins in liver are better absorbed by your body than
those in a multivitamin pill.
While the RDA of selenium may often be found
in multivitamin / mineral combinations, that will not be sufficient for TPOAb reduction.
Cooling the area and getting
in a multivitamin is a great way to start balancing out these issues.
Some of the nutrients that are
in the multivitamin are hard to get otherwise, like vitamin K2.
Sure, you can find
them in multivitamins, but I prefer to get my nutrition from real plants, not processing plants.
Dietary supplements Biotin is available in dietary supplements containing biotin only, in supplements containing combinations of B - complex vitamins, and
in some multivitamin / multimineral products [15].
Use antioxidants like Nu - Pet wafers and Antiox, trace minerals with extra magnesium and potassium (which may be
in a multivitamin or can be supplied in fresh foods).
The other vitamins
in a multivitamin are essential for a myriad of other bodily functions.