{"id":4366,"date":"2018-08-16T10:01:16","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T10:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uni-vite.com\/supplements\/?page_id=4366"},"modified":"2018-08-16T10:55:21","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T10:55:21","slug":"one-a-day-multi-vitamins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uni-vite.com\/supplements\/one-a-day-multi-vitamins\/","title":{"rendered":"One-a-day multi-vitamins"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy ordinary one-a-day multi-vitamins are not effective\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\n\tA simple one-a-day vitamin and mineral pill, at merely RDA levels, is not enough \u00e2\u20ac\u201c especially for older people (50+). Because, after this age, people\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s nutritional needs increase at the very time that their ability to absorb and utilise vital nutrients starts to decrease.<\/strong>
\nRDAs are established at \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcadequate\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 levels to prevent deficiency diseases \u00e2\u20ac\u201c like scurvy or rickets \u00e2\u20ac\u201c not at optimised levels to counteract accumulated damage. Adequate is not optimum.
\nAll of which is why many doctors dismiss inexpensive, RDA based, A-Z supplements as largely ineffective.
\nAnd that scepticism is supported by research \u00e2\u20ac\u201c there is little evidence that multi-vitamins alone reduce the risk of heart disease or cancer.<\/p>\n

That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s because they have been separated from other elements that make a plant-based diet unquestionably healthy \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the other elements being plant micro-nutrients like carotenoids, isoflavones and flavonoids \u00e2\u20ac\u201c along with fibre.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Omega 3 is another nutrient that has been separated from other elements in its original environment. As long ago as 2015 Dr Paul Clayton stated that: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Taking fish oil on its own as a magic-bullet single supplement just doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t work.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, that insight has now been supported by the latest research. But it doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mean that Omega 3 isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a very valuable nutrient to take. It is \u00e2\u20ac\u201c so long as it is combined with other bio-active nutrients \u00e2\u20ac\u201c including marine micro-nutrients as it would be in nature.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So a combination is the key.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Back to Dr Paul Clayton conclusions\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u2020\u2019<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n