Vitamins Multi

Vegan Capsule Shell: Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose (HPMC), Stoneground Brown Rice Flour (Gluten Free) (Oryza Sativa), Ascorbic Acid Powder, Alfalfa Herb Powder (Medicago Sativa), Psyllium Husk Powder (Plantago Ovata), Sugar Beet Fibre Powder (Beta Vulgaris), Seagreens Powder (Fucus Vesiculosus), Iron (as Ferrous Glycinate), Zinc (as Zinc Citrate), Vitamin B3 (Nicotinamide), Vitamin E (D-alpha-tocopheryl Succinate), Manganese Citrate, Vitamin B5 (Calcium Pantothenate), Selenomethionine (Calcium Phosphate), Vitamin K2 (as Menaquinone-7), Lactobacillus Acidophillus Powder, Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine Hydrochloride), Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin), Vitamin B1 (as Thiamin Hydrochloride), Vitamin D3 (Cholecalciferol), Bifidobacterium Lactis Powder, Folic Acid, Iodine (as Potassium Iodide), Biotin (as d-Biotin), Vitamin B12 (as Cyanocobalamin Pure).

Take 1 capsule, 1 to 3 times per day, preferably with a meal or as advised.

Store in a cool, dry place, out of reach of children. Do not use if the seal is damaged. Best before date printed on the base.

Suitable for vegetarians · Halal approved

Why anything changes at all

Nothing dramatic happens at a birthday. But across the forties and fifties, a few things tend to drift: diets get busier and sometimes narrower, the body absorbs a couple of nutrients a little less readily, and bone and muscle maintenance quietly becomes more of a daily job than it was at twenty-five. None of that is a disease — it is ordinary life — and the sensible response is ordinary too: cover the gaps, don't chase magic.

The nutrients genuinely worth knowing

Those are not our opinions — they are the authorised statements that sit behind those nutrients. We will not tell you a pill fixes the menopause or turns back a clock; that would be a claim we cannot make and would not want to.

Where a multivitamin fits

A daily multivitamin is not a cure for anything. It is a quiet floor — the small insurance that the gaps in a busy week are not gaps that matter. Our Vitamins Multi carries seventeen vitamins and minerals, including vitamin D, iron and B12 (no calcium or magnesium). For most women over forty who eat reasonably but not perfectly, that is exactly the right shape of help: unglamorous, steady, covering the corners.

If you typed multi vitamins UK into a search box, 120 capsules of vitamins and minerals, suitable for vegetarians in a plant capsule shell (HPMC), one capsule one to three times a day, preferably with a meal. Zinc (5mg) and biotin (25μg) are both on the label at 50% NRV, so anyone looking for zinc vitamins or biotin vitamins will find both in the same capsule.

When you don't need it

If your diet is rich in oily fish, greens, dairy or fortified alternatives, and you get outside in summer, you may already have most of this handled — and we would rather say so. The one nutrient even a good British diet struggles with is winter vitamin D, which is why that is the single supplement most worth its place.

Honest caveats

This is general information, not medical advice. If you are on medication, have a thyroid or iron-overload condition, or are approaching or going through the menopause and weighing your options, talk to your GP — they can test rather than guess. A food supplement complements a varied diet; it does not replace one, and it does not replace a doctor.

If you have read this far, thank you. A calm guide, the honest wording, and a daily floor for the busy years.

— Vitadefence

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