Vitamin Supplements (NAPSA)—While all people should strive to eat a healthy and balanced diet, the reality is most people do not get an optimal amountof nutrients by diet alone. This shortfall makes the need for dietary supplements, like a multivitamin, especially important. Multivitamins: An Investmentin Good Health ju a BANK or GOOD HEALTH Source: Council for Responsible Nutrition (ay) Foraslittle as a dime a day, multivitamins are a sound investment in goodhealth. Scientific evidence supporting the health benefits of nutritional supplements has grown dramatically over the past decade. Recently, two Harvard University researchers published a recommendation in a prestigious medical journal that suggested all adults take one multivitamin daily. Another report, The Benefits of Nutritional Supplements, from the Council for Responsible Nutrition, reviewed more than a decade’s worthof scientific studies on nutritional supplements and concluded that consistent use of multivitamins and other supplements can promote good health and help preventdisease. The use of a multivitamin, preferably with minerals, would benefit most people and should be taken daily as the base of a good nutrition program. Other supplements, such as calcium, vitamin C, vitamin E and others, can be added depending on an individual’s life stage, genderorlifestyle. To learn more, or for a copy of The Benefits of Nutritional Supplements, visit www.crnusa.org.
