What Makes For a Good Multi-Vitamin?
The gap between a good multi vitamin and a subpar one can be larger than you might think. Many people operate under the assumption that a vitamin is a vitamin, and it doesn’t matter how you get them or what type of supplement you take. While this would certainly make things much easier for all of us, unfortunately it’s not the truth. There are actually many points of difference between a good multi vitamin that you can depend upon, and one that won’t live up to its billing. It starts with how the supplement itself is constructed. Many important nutrients found in supplements can actually be damaged by the stomach’s very harsh and strong acids. This seems counterproductive, why would the stomach destroy something that the body wants? Well, the acids in the stomach are there to help break down foods, as well as denature and destroy harmful bacteria and other microbes. In the process, some healthy nutrients are lost in friendly fire, so to speak. To circumvent this problem, a good multi v
