http://www.DrAngelaAgrios.com – Multivitamins can help improve health and energy if they are high potency. In this video Dr. Angela Agrios, ND (A California Licensed Naturopathic Doctor) explains how to find the best multivitamins and understand potency levels. She discusses: • Centrum, a low potency multivitamin and probably not the most useful multivitamin to take. • That 100% RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance) is really the absolute lowest amount of vitamins and minerals someone needs to take every day not develop a disease state; therefore, taking supplements at only 100% RDA levels isn’t really doing much. • What we really want are multivitamin supplements that offer many times the RDA to ensure we get maximum amount of nutrition for repair and healing. • Thorne Extra Nutrients is a high potency multivitamin. • Liquid multivitamins are easier to take than pills, for many people. • Morning breakfast smoothies with rice or pea protein work well. • Fiber can be added to the multivitamin smoothie. • Flax oil can also go into a smoothie. • Most nutrients in a multivitamin are water-soluble. • Vitamin A: no more than 2,500 iu for pregnant women. • Don’t take folic acid; rather, take folate acid in your multivitamin. • Milk Thistle is an herb that Dr. Angela Agrios, ND recommends for everyone because it helps promote liver health. • Vitamin A ought to be in the multivitamin, as should Vitamin D. • Vitamin C and Vitamin E are important and ought to be in multivitamin supplements. • There ought to be thousands of percentages of B Vitamins in the multivitamin supplement. • Zinc, copper and selenium need to be in the multivitamin, as should magnesium and calcium (but not too much calcium). • One great formula is Pharmax Four Pillars Vitamin A: Retinol Palmitate – 2500-5000iu (unless pregnant — in that case less than 2500iu); Beta/mixed Carotenes – 5000-25,000iu Vit D (D3 – cholecalciferol) – 400-1000iu Vit C (ascorbic acid, ascorbate – 500-1000mg Vitamin E – 400iu — 1000iu as d-alpha tocpherol or mixed tocopherols Vitamin K up to 1mg (caution if you are on blood thinning meds) Thiamin (B1)- 50mg Riboflavin (B2, R-5-P) – 10-50mg Niacin (B3, Niacinamide) – 100-200mg B5 (pantothenic acid) – 50-500mg B6 (pyridoxine, P-5-P) – 50-100mg Biotin – 100-1000mcg B12 (methylcobalamin) – 400-1000mg Folate (5-Methyl-tetrahydrofolate)400-1000mg Choline – 10-100mg Inositol – 10-100mg MINERALS Zinc – 15-45mg Copper – 1-2mg Selenium – 100-200mcg Chromium – 200-400mcg Magnesium – 250-500mg Manganese: 5-15mg Molybdenum: 25-100mcg Calcium: 250-500mg Potassium: 100mg Boron: 5mg Vanadium : 50-100mcg Silica: up to 25mg Iodine: 50-250mcg Iron: up to 30mg Interviewee: Dr. Angela Agrios, ND Palisades Natural Medicine 984 Monument Street, #201 Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 562-320-5147 http://www.drangelaagrios.com/ [email protected] Video Producer: Larry Cook http://www.thenaturalguide.com [email protected] Videotaped at: Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy 15150 Sunset Blvd Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 310-454-1345 http://www.pharmaca.com Naturopathic Medicine Naturopathic Doctor Naturopath Holistic Doctor Angela Agrios Supplements health healthy Vitamin A B Vitamins Vitamin C Vitamin D Vitamin E Zinc multivitamin best multivitamin liquid multivitamin centrum multivitamin multivitamin comparison best multivitamin for men best multivitamin for women multivitamins for women