Rhonda Patrick· PhD
Whole foods are 💯 but a multivitamin is an easy insurance policy against some micronutrient insufficiencies.
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Whole foods are 💯 but a multivitamin is an easy insurance policy against some micronutrient insufficiencies.
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This data suggests that a vitamin/mineral supplement may be an easy way to correct some micronutrient insufficiencies in those not obtaining them from their food.
some supplements can help fill gaps but micronutrient dense diet is optimal.
Diet food first approach and getting getting all your micronutrients from whole foods, eating diverse foods is paramount. However, many people, it's for whatever reason, they will not do that. They're busy or they have a habit or there's, you know, other sorts of dysregulation, perhaps in satiety mechanisms. And, you know, so getting getting some micronutrients, like some of the important ones from a supplement.