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(NaturalNews) As the editor of NaturalNews.com, I'm responsible for reviewing nutritional products for more than one million readers who trust our independent, objective product recommendations. NaturalNews readers are always looking for the best quality (and best value) they can find in high-quality nutritional supplements that help them experience real results, and one of the most common questions I'm asked is, "Which multivitamin product provides the best nutrition for my dollar?"
This article will help answer that question, and below, you'll find specific recommendations of leading multivitamins I've found to provide the best combination of affordability and quality. Remember, I've personally tested and reviewed more than five hundred nutritional products from countless formulators and manufacturers, and I've seen the whole spectrum of nutritional products, from high-end (but high-priced) supplements to low-quality "junk" vitamins sold to unsuspecting consumers at big-box retail stores. This has helped me refine my thinking on what makes a "good" multivitamin product, and I'll share that with you here.
First off, let's define a "multivitamin." Traditionally, a multivitamin was a supplement product that provided a combination of essential vitamins and minerals, but lately, pioneering formulators have been adding phytonutrients, superfood concentrates, antioxidants and even natural absorption enhancers (like piperine, an extract from black pepper). So today's "multivitamins" are far superior to those available just three years ago.
Multivitamins are offered in both tablet and capsule formats. I strongly prefer capsules, since tablets are virtually indigestible for many people. Capsules dissolve easily, allowing the nutrient powders to be quickly absorbed and assimilated into the body. All the multivitamins I recommend in this article are capsules, not tablets. Where possible, I prefer veggie caps, but gelatin caps are far more affordable, and Kosher gelatin is preferred by many consumers for precisely this reason.
How many multivitamins should you take each day?Finally, multivitamins come in various serving sizes. Some multivitamins try to cover all the nutritional bases in a single capsule per day. Others require 3 capsules, 6 capsules or even 12 capsules per day. What's the difference in these serving sizes? Simply put, a one-a-day capsule cannot possibly provide you with sufficient quantities of important macro minerals (like calcium and magnesium), nor can it fit in all the extras like veggie concentrates, superfood powders, herbal extracts and other desirable nutritional elements.
So my advice in choosing a multivitamin is to first decide the maximum number of capsules you're willing to take each day, and then decide from there which brand of multivitamins gives you the best value for your dollar while conforming to your quantity decision.
Some people can only reliably take one multivitamin capsule per day, and if that's their limit, then there's a multivitamin supplement available today that packs as much as possible into a single capsule. More mainstream health consumers, however, are taking at least three capsules a day, and I personally take anywhere from six to twelve multivitamin capsules per day, depending on the day.
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