What is a Vitamin? 

Vitamins are organic compounds that people need to function. You can think of vitamins and minerals as the fuel or required materials needed to perform bodily processes.

Without adequate amounts of these fuel sources, the human body cannot operate.

Many vitamins and minerals are "essential" - meaning the body cannot produce them and they must be acquired from either diet or supplementation.

Each organism has different vitamin requirements. For example, humans need to get vitamin C from their diets, while dogs can produce all the vitamin C they need.

Each human also has different vitamin requirements. For example, Vitamin D is an essential nutrient that is also not available in large enough quantities in food. Sunlight is the best source of vitamin D; however if you spend the majority of your time inside, then Vitamin D may need to be acquired through supplementation to stay healthy.

 What do Multivitamins   Contain? 

13 vitamins and about 15 minerals are essential to your health.

Many produce enzymes and hormones, boost immunity and keep your nerves and organs functioning properly.

Multivitamins often offer many or all of these vitamins and minerals in varying amounts.

The problem with multivitamins lives here: 

1. Capsules, gummies and powders have a finite amount of space for vitamins and minerals
2. Everyone has different vitamin and mineral requirements
3. You may not need all of the nutrients contained in a general multivitamin
4. These unnecessary nutrients are taking space away from the nutrients you need
5. With such a wide variety of nutrients, multivitamins offer low nutrient dosages of the cheapest, least-bioavailable forms of those nutrients

A Better Route:

 Correct Nutrient Deficiencies 

Multivitamins are continuously proven ineffective for those who do not exhibit evidence of nutrient deficiencies.

A nutrient deficiency occurs when your body does not have enough of an essential nutrient to perform bodily functions.

The reality is, most Americans do have nutrient deficiencies, so why don't multivitamins work?

As discussed above, multivitamins contain such a small amount of each nutrient that they are unlikely to correct any nutrient deficiency.

To truly know what your nutrient deficiencies are, we recommend taking a full-panel blood test of micronutrient levels.