Why Your Multivitamin Supplement May Be Causing Nutritional Deficiencies

Another example is that of selenium. Some companies will only put a mere 30 or 50 mcg selenium in their supplement. A safer amount is 70 mcg. A selenium deficiency can lead to the production of cancer. Even the American Cancer Society admits that selenium deficiency is a cause of cancer. Better supplement companies put 100 to 200 mcg selenium in their supplement.

3. Improper ratios between nutrients

The most important ratio is calcium-magnesium. This should be a 2:1 ratio or at least a 1:1 ratio. Anything less will deplete your body of either nutrient.

Many companies totally ignore the relationship between lithium and iodine. If iodine levels are high in the body, lithium will normalize them. This lithium means the element and not the drug version. Obviously, drug versions of nutrients wouldn’t ever be found in any multivitamin. If lithium is not included, the iodine will be unopposed and can go higher and higher. High levels of iodine can be correlated with thyroid disease.

Your best bet to avoid any and all of these nutrient deficiencies and other ones is to take balanced multivitamin supplements and at least annually, get tested for vitamin and mineral deficiencies. When you do, you will notice a lot of positive benefits in mood, energy levels, vitality and radiance of your skin and whole being, and fewer and fewer diseases.

Author

This article was written for Insights-on-Health.com in Dec 2013 by Dr Donna Schwontkowski. Reversing health disorders is easier when principles of natural healing are used. Dr Donna is a retired chiropractor with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in nutrition and a master’s in herbology. She has over 25 years experience working with thousands of patients to reverse their health conditions. Read more about her here.

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