How to use New Vitamin Criteria

A search of available multiple vitamin formulas reveals very few if any are adequate by themselves to satisfy this new criteria. Plus, the consuming Public has been programmed to demand higher dosages and typical formula ingredients. This new criteria, based upon current science, is going to take time to manifest.

The closest way to get the benefits of this vitamin criteria is to modify a multiple vitamin formula by adding, reducing, or combining it with a few other products.

• First, find the best matched multiple for nutrient forms.
• Next, to match dosages, adjust the serving size, which for most multiples meeting criteria that have a serving size of between 2-6 capsules or tablets, and reduce that serving number until you are within the dosage levels for most nutrients. This is often only half the regular serving size number of caps or tabs. DO NOT TAKE THE suggested serving size number unless the dosages are nearly the criteria amounts!!!  Then add separately these nutrients: 

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   1. Vitamin E tocopherol complex (4 members; d'alpha, d'beta, d'delta, d'gamma) 
   2. A vitamin E tocotrienol about 50mg complex, 
   3. A vitamin C (250-500 mg) family complex, 
   4. A multi-mineral complex, with 3-4 serving size, and again, reduce to 1-2 a day. 

• Alternate days for the Tocopherol and Tocotrienol complexes with many skipped days since the multiple will have some vitamin E as d'alpha tocopherol and fat soluble nutrients go into storage for rainy days. 
• Occasionally also take a vitamin C family. It is not needed everyday since again there is also some in the multiple. In fact, a few multiples may not need extra Vitamin C. Include the members of the C family here too (bioflavonoids, rutin, etc.) 
• Since you cut the serving size in half for most multiples, the minerals may be reduced to less than desired amounts so you might need to add one or two of a multi-mineral with a serving size of 3-6.  Ideally, taking the mineral tabs separately is of some benefit to increase absorption percentage. This mineral supplement may not be necessary, and definitely not everyday. Check combined amounts.

Now you have the most effect way to max the value of multiple formulas with complete nutrient families similar to nature's plan. The dosages and formats are more body function and processing acceptable. This will complete the Multiple Supplement criteria, now of course there are other nutrients that you may want to include, such as fish oil, tumeric, bone formula, or CoQ10 providing specific actions according to your overall diet and lifestyle situation. These other nutrients are best taken separately and should not be included in the multiple vitamin product. And not needed or recommended to take everyday. In fact, even the multiple should not be an everyday happening. Take a day or two off each week. This is a topic for a another discussion.

Watch for an example soon.