Casually browsing the aisles of your favourite pharmacy, you may have occasionally wandered over to the supplement aisle, wondering whether you really needed one. “Sure, I seem to have a cold almost every other month”, you think to yourself, “and Friday nights find me knocked out cold in bed instead of living it up at an after work lime, but that’s the reality of growing older, right?” Wrong!

A steadily growing number of Trinidadians are not getting essential nutrients necessary for good health, and it’s no wonder. The lightning-paced lifestyles we lead now, with long days at the office and gruelling traffic ordeals leave us with no energy to prepare healthy meals at home or even think about exercising. Added to that is a rarely considered factor. Several of the countries from which we import a high percentage of our food employ modern farming methods that have depleted ever-increasing amounts of nutrients from soil, thus producing lower quality crops.

Even if you consider yourself a fairly healthy eater, a daily multivitamin helps fill the nutrition gaps you may not have anticipated. Can’t shake that persistent cold? Been feeling over-tired and run down despite getting adequate rest? Jamieson’s B Complex supplement aids in the metabolism of carbohydrates, fat and protein for energy production. It helps maintain a healthy immune system and is essential for maintaining healthy nerves, skin, hair, eyes, liver, and good muscle tone. The antihomocysteine complex supports cardiovascular health and B complex assists in the formation of red blood cells. The special, time-diffused caplets gradually release these important nutrients over 6 to 8 hours.

Combining a multivitamin that infuses your body with powerful nutrients with common sense habits like practicing stress-reducing tactics, daily physical activity for at least 30 minutes, and making an effort to eat healthy go a long way towards promoting total health and preventing chronic diseases that usually strike later in life. The next time you find yourself in the supplement aisle of your favourite pharmacy and ask yourself, “Do I really need a multivitamin?” there’s no doubt you’ll know how to answer.

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