Many people have a tough time consuming the recommended amounts of fruits and vegetables each day. Even when striving for a healthy diet, getting in 5 – 8 servings takes some dedication.
While natural dietary choices are the ideal, one simple practice that can serve as a failsafe is a daily multivitamin—not as a substitute, but a supplement, to support your fitness goals.
Despite our focus on clean, healthy foods, most of us are just plain busy. Optimal nutrition would require us to not only make great choices for all our meals, but also to buy, shop for and prepare fresh produce to equal 5 – 7 servings every day (actually, 6 – 8 servings are recommended for people who are very active, like many XSport members).
Added to that are any questions about the quality of fruits and vegetables available to you—nutrients begin to break down after harvest. When your budget or location makes it difficult to enjoy very fresh produce, health benefits can be further compromised by packaging processes, pesticide-treatments, and so on.
Keep in mind, the recommended servings of fruits and vegetables are expected to bring you a large portion of the vitamins and minerals you need each day, which support every function of your body systems—digestive, immune, reproductive, vascular and more.
All in all, there are a lot of reasons you might consider taking a multivitamin on a regular basis, and you’ll want to choose a product with verified quality and the right level of nutrients for your needs. At XSport, we sell Opti-Men and Opti-Women from Optimum Nutrition. These can truly be a boost to your eating habits—a bit like an insurance policy—that you can rely on to fill in any inadvertent gaps in your daily diet and bring you a welcome set of benefits: