It goes with no saying that the greatest source of nutrients comes from
a well balanced diet. Majority however don't get recommended
nutrition from diet alone. That's why we should take vitamins. Learn
more about individual vitamins and their benefits.

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Vitamins Minerals Supplements

Why take vitamin and mineral supplements? Supplements may help healthy
people for a number of reasons. They can help prevent vitamin and
mineral deficiencies when the diet is not adequate to provide all
necessary nutrients. They can also provide amounts of nutrients larger
than the diet can provide. Larger amounts of some nutrients may help to
protect against future disease. Many of these nutrients will be briefly
discussed here. However, for more information, refer to individual
nutrient articles.

People may consume diets that are deficient in one or more nutrients
for a variety of reasons. The typical Western diet often supplies less
than adequate amounts of several essential vitamins and minerals.1
Recent nutrition surveys in the U.S. have found large numbers of people
consume too little calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc, and, possibly,
copper and manganese.2 3

Weight-loss, pure vegetarian, macrobiotic, and several other diets can
also place some people at risk of deficiencies that vary with the type
of diet. Certain groups of people are at especially high risk of
dietary deficiencies. Studies have found that elderly people living in
their own homes, often have dietary deficiencies of vitamin A and
vitamin E, calcium, and zinc,4 and occasionally of vitamin D, vitamin
B1, and vitamin B2.5 Premenopausal women have been found often to
consume low amounts of calcium, iron, vitamin A, and vitamin C.6

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