Taking multivitamins: Many people are known to buy various supplements and vitamins as they believe they will improve their health in various ways, e.g. increasing life expectancy, protecting against cancer and heart disease. In general, we could say that daily intake of multivitamins is considered safe. However, due to a lack of evidence, the United States Preventive Services Task Force does not recommend it. We must not forget that a basic condition for improving health is a complete and healthy diet. It is important to have a balanced diet, rich in nutrients. Multivitamins are by definition supplements and not substitutes. It is also understandable that taking a pill cannot cover all the gaps that can be caused by poor nutrition. (In the image below we see the correspondences of the vitamins contained in each different food and it is important to pay attention to it)
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