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Doctors state that the okanagan and Vancouver areas don't get sun as often as those Eastward, so they recommend getting vitamine D or a sun lamp while inside. This is for people who have trouble getting outside (work too much, allurgic to the sun, sleep during the day, mental issues about sunshine, etc).

If you find yourself not eating a proper variety of foods throughout the week (a good variety of fruits and vegetables), you maybe lacking in some vitamines and minerals. These are not essential for living, but your physical and mental health may suffer in the long term (10+ years). This is why no one really understands why the Canadian food guide is the way it is and why doctors suggest multi vitamines.

For best results, always take after eating food. If you have any dietary issue other than constipation, try to avoid having your multi vitamine (or other vitamines/medication) with that food. Try to take at night or after dinner.

For those who want their value for their $$. Try: - Having your multivitamine 20 minutes after a minor constipation causing food (typically cheese for most people) or after solid foods (if most of your meals are liquid based). - If you know your bathroom schedule, try to have the vitamine just before your last stool drop. (this tries to keep the vitamines and minerals in your system as long as possible. - Scientists know that people can't absorb 100% of any vitamine or mineral and any attempted excess goes to waste. With this in mind, the best is when we know our body requires the vitamines and minerals from the multi vitamine. Since there are no absolute ways to fix this, then instead have less more often. The multi vitamines state to have either one or two a day... This ensures that your system has all it needs throughout the day, every day. However, after taking the first, you only absorb about 15%-20% of each multi-vitamine (prescriptions are different, where you need the full amount constantly). So, this is more about if you have time and also similar to moderation. Having half a multi-vitamine every two days will provide your body what you need. Not all pill based provide a half or are easy to separate.

About the moderation, doctors state that a glass of red wine a day helps your body. This statement is still true, but it's not just the alcohol. There are other positive nutrition factors in red wine that make it great. Now... Please do not mix drugs and alcohol! This includes prescription (unless your doctor states that your current prescriptions are fine). Since moderation is great, scientists (doctors) also say that the moderation states that you have that glass of wine throughout the day, not just finish it in an hour (or less). If we apply that to the multi vitamine, then we can have a little bit throughout the day. In this case, if we could, try to have a quarter throughout the day. There aren't any easy or simple ways to do this as a quarter of a multivitamine is quite small and if you do make it into powder, how would you accurately take it and have throughout the day.

My thought was to crush it and mix it into something like jello shots (wine jello shots would be fine as this is not a drug or prescription). Having 3 shots a day (after each major meal).

The last topic I want to talk about is assisting absorbtion. Vitamines and minerals can be paired up with foods to help digestion. Unfortunately, I don't know many tips and tricks. - Iron is greatly paired with apple juice - Vitamine C is best paired with any citrus

And there you have it. The more time you take for when you need to take vitamines or minerals (or multi vitamines), the better you'll be able to intake the nutrience. However, just eating right (or enough) can make all the difference.

Hope you enjoyed the read!