Cheap but decent multivitamins?

Stuart788

Hey all

Anyone got any recommendations of what multivitamins to get? I take them religiously everyday and usually buy them from boots but boots is quite expensive and I've noticed cheaper ones online. I never know what to get as I've no idea what is essential. Any advice?

HappyMJ

Depends what you need. Everyone has different needs in regards to vitamin and mineral deficiencies.

What do you need to take more of that is lacking in the food you eat?

Stuart788

I don't know tbh but I try and take multivitamins just in case I am missing something.

globalds

Aldi have two types .

The probiatic ones seem to be OK

asajj

Stuart788 wrote: »

I don't know tbh but I try and take multivitamins just in case I am missing something.

Probably you shouldn't be doing that - unless you have a deficiency, pumping yourself with vitamins isn't a good think.

HappyMJ

Stuart788 wrote: »

I don't know tbh but I try and take multivitamins just in case I am missing something.

Okay you may as well just go for the cheapest. They all have a range of vitamins in them. As advised above Aldi does 120 for £1.29. That's only a penny per day so you won't be doing yourself or your pocket any harm. I'm not really sure what good multivitamins do if you don't have a deficiency. A balanced diet would be sufficient for most people. Next time you see your GP have a chat about them. They can do a blood test to see if you are deficient in anything and recommend something. They may just refer you to the health assistant to talk about balanced diets instead.

A.Penny.Saved

Taking cheap supplements could cause you more problems than it can ever solve as they just add burden as they are usually synthetic or inactivated versions which can be sold cheaply. Consuming folic acid which is a nasty cheap synthetic version of natural folates can cause many people serious problems because it prevents the use of any natural folates that you might consume as green vegetables.

I take Life Extension two per day capsules. It costs about £11 @ health monthly for a 2 month supply and contains very decent quantities of the important nutrients. Only magnesium is in a cheaper low quality oxide form, everything else is very decent.

A.Penny.Saved

If your going to supplement then do it right and don't waste time on cheap supplements with RDA levels which are woefully inadequate and packed with synthetic nutrients.

Stuart788

Thanks for all the replies. I never knew that cheap supplements were an issue just assuming they'd less vitamins over all. Going to have to do some research

asajj

It is not only the cheap supplements - it is also taking multivitamins when you aren't deficient.

HappyMJ

A.Penny.Saved wrote: »

Taking cheap supplements could cause you more problems than it can ever solve as they just add burden as they are usually synthetic or inactivated versions which can be sold cheaply. Consuming folic acid which is a nasty cheap synthetic version of natural folates can cause many people serious problems because it prevents the use of any natural folates that you might consume as green vegetables.

Do you have some proof of that?

A.Penny.Saved wrote: »

If your going to supplement then do it right and don't waste time on cheap supplements with RDA levels which are woefully inadequate and packed with synthetic nutrients.

Why waste your money on any supplements at all when a healthy balanced diet will do just as well?

There's plenty of trials showing that healthy people eating a well balanced diet and those taking supplements show no difference at all.

Supplements really only benefit people who don't eat food. Very sick people, very elderly people etc. The NHS will pay the cost of supplements for those patients. i.e free....