Dear all swimmers,
I am new to multivitamin and before I post this question, I used wholefoods adult multivitamin.
Now I would like to switch to more famous brand like GNC, Centrum, etc,
Could you please recommend a multivitamin for an amateur swimmer?
Generally, I swim 3 times a week, one hour each time. I am 23 years old.
Thank you for your help!
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Dear all swimmers,
I am new to multivitamin and before I post this question, I used wholefoods adult multivitamin.
Now I would like to switch to more famous brand like GNC, Centrum, etc,
Could you please recommend a multivitamin for an amateur swimmer?
Generally, I swim 3 times a week, one hour each time. I am 23 years old.
Thank you for your help!
Try eating fruit and veg - that might help.
Vitamin supplements really only are necessary for extreme training regimes. You don't need them yet. Honest.
The advantage of Centrum (or its generic equivalent) is the groove down the middle. Easy to break the pill in half, if you don't feel the need to down the whole thing.
The advantage of Centrum (or its generic equivalent) is the groove down the middle. Easy to break the pill in half, if you don't feel the need to down the whole thing.
Thanks, Luckily I bought centrum performance. I will see how it goes.:)
Try eating fruit and veg - that might help.
Vitamin supplements really only are necessary for extreme training regimes. You don't need them yet. Honest.
Just curious-- what would be the disadvantage of taking a multivitamin (even assuming that you do not engage in extreme training)? I have always read from health sites, dietitians, etc. that a daily multivitamin is recommended, even for people who aren't exercising.
It's definitely a good idea to always take a good quality multivitamin as opposed to a cheap one that is of poor quality. Some of the poor ones just pass right through you and don't absorb at all. However, that doesn't mean you need a really expensive one or a huge brand name. I've actually read that Centrum vitamins are notorious for passing right through you and being found in the sewers with the lettering even still on them. One brand I've tried and really like is called Rainbow Light. Their multis are food-based, which makes them absorb better. They are a great quality. You should be able to find them at Whole Foods, but I get mine online a little cheaper.
A lot of the vitamins out there are considered food supplements and as such do not have to be verified for content or any other characertistic. As such you may get what you pay for or you may not. Many assays of vitamins have shown time and again you do not get what is on the label. Price has nothing to do with the quality of the vitamin. The manufacturers can charge what they feel the market will bear. Claims by the manufacturer do not have to be proved to be placed on the bottle. If you read the label carefully there is always an if and or but statement there. Marketing needs something to justify there position and the lawyers need to defend them. Vitamins for the most part are a high margin profit center that are pushed to increase the bottom line of a business with out regard to the benefit or determint of the person taking them.
The average healthy american that eats a normal diet gets all of the vitamins and minerals that he needs in a day. I am leaving Calcium out of this post and special situations.
If you still want a multiple vitamin my recomendation would be to get a multiple vitamin that contains a little bit of everything. Read the label. If most are 100 percent or more you do not need more of it. Have you ever tried to put 40 gallons of gas in a 20 gallon tank? The only other requirement I would have is that it be USP verifyed. The label will say USP verifyed which should assure that it has what it says in it. I also would not spend more than ten dollars, probably less, on a bottle of a 100.
The nice thing about being old I have seen a lot of miracles come and go in the way of vitamins. I have seen a lot of vitamins but never a miracle yet. The bad thing about being old is my spelling gets worse every day.
Have a great day
what would be the disadvantage of taking a multivitamin
The only disadvantage would be the $, very likely wasted...
Go for a very hi-quality multi, like Nu-Life, or SISU. The Life Extension Foundation brand Jim posted looks decent too. If you can get it at Wal-Mart or it is a Costco brand.... skip it.
