How to Support Energy and Immunity with Daily Supplements

Most people’s diets fail to meet all their nutritional needs. Not getting enough nutrients can cause some very serious health problems, from a weakened immune system to fatigue. If you acknowledge the importance of nutritional intake, now’s the time to make a positive change.

Getting the nutrients you need doesn’t have to be stressful. In fact, it’s pretty straightforward once you know what you are doing. One effective way to get them is by taking supplements. This post explores how you can support energy and immunity with daily supplements and multivitamins.

Whole-Food Sourced Vitamins

The last thing anybody who’s health-conscious wants is to buy multivitamins that come from laboratories. It is much better to buy whole-food sourced vitamins, say Gem, because they are the purest form. You can find out whether a brand’s vitamins are whole-food sourced by visiting their website and reading their ‘About us’ page. Alternatively, you can reach out to their customer support team and ask directly.

Take Supplements with Food

If you are going to take supplements, make sure that you take them with food. Taking supplements without food can lead to an upset stomach. Many supplements should be taken with food to ensure good absorption. If supplements aren’t properly absorbed by the body, you won’t be able to benefit from them as well as you otherwise would.

Store Your Multivitamins Properly

Make sure to store your multivitamins properly. Do not adopt a casual attitude toward your multivitamin’s storage. A lot of people make the mistake of putting theirs in the fridge, but most multivitamins need to be stored in a cool, dry place. Storing them in the refrigerator can hasten their expiry, or lead to them losing strength. Follow the instructions given on your multivitamin’s packaging.

Eat Enough Healthy Fats

As well as taking multivitamins, make sure you eat enough healthy fats and foods. Taking fat-soluble multivitamins with foods rich in healthy fats can be an effective way to ensure you benefit from them. You can find out if multivitamins or supplements are fat-soluble by reading their packaging. You can also reach out to the manufacturer, as recommended above. Generally, any questions you have about a multivitamin should always be addressed to its manufacturer.

Don’t Mix Some Supplements

Some supplements shouldn’t be mixed. While rare, it is possible for supplements to interact negatively. When they do, this can cause unwanted health problems. To find out if a supplement is going to interact with another, conduct some basic online research. There are entire websites dedicated to drug interactions, so you should not have trouble finding out if the supplements you are taking are going to interact with one another. As well as avoiding mixing certain supplements, you shouldn’t take some supplements with specific foods or drinks. 

Drink Water with Multivitamins

When you take multivitamins or supplements, make sure that you drink water. Drinking water will speed up absorption and help to keep you hydrated. Hydration is an important part of a healthy lifestyle. Many people spend their lives dehydrated, which is why they suffer from fatigue and weakened immune systems. Studies show that by upping your water intake, you can massively improve your health. Increasing water intake is easy and doesn’t require guidance or explanation.

Be Consistent with Use

When you take multivitamins and supplements, make sure that you are consistent. Sometimes multivitamins take up to 30-days to start working, because fat-soluble vitamins have to build up to sufficient levels in your body. If you constantly start and stop multivitamins, there is a chance that they won’t be able to build up to the levels they need to in order to start working. This means that you essentially won’t benefit from multivitamins, no matter how long you have been taking them for. Be consistent for this reason.

Check Expiration Dates

Like all drugs, you should check the expiry date of supplements before you take them. Checking the expiry date will help you to avoid taking out of date multivitamins. While out of date multivitamins aren’t likely to hurt you, they are usually not as potent. This means that they might not be as beneficial, or might not confer as many health benefits. The expiry date of multivitamins should be advertised on the outside of its packaging. 

Choose Quality Brands

When you are shopping around for multivitamins, you need to make sure you choose the best brands you can. A good way to determine a brand’s suitability (and get an idea of what their multivitamins are like) is to take a quick read of their reviews. Their reviews will give you clear insight into the quality and effectiveness of their multivitamins, as well as an idea of what their customer support department is like to work with. As well as reviews, see what people are saying on health-based forums and in chat rooms. 

Don’t Overdose on Vitamins

It is possible to overdose on vitamins. People tend to think that because vitamins are essential, they can take as many as they want without consequence. Taking too many vitamins can be fatal, and has led to deaths in the past. Make sure you adopt a serious attitude towards your vitamin use and carefully record your consumption, so you can avoid taking two doses a day. 

Read Labels Before Use

Before you use multivitamins, read the label on the back of the product packaging. By reading the label on your chosen multivitamin’s packaging, you will be able to find out any important information, i.e., drugs that shouldn’t be taken at the same time, or how often the drug should be taken, as well as dosing instructions.

Speak to Your Doctor

If you have any doubts or concerns about using specific multivitamins or supplements, the best thing you can do is get in touch with your doctor. Your doctor should be able to provide constructive advice that you can use to approach multivitamins from a position of knowledge and strength. They may also be able to perform blood tests in order to identify whether vitamins are even necessary, and highlight any nutritional gaps you need to know about.

Multivitamins or supplements can support energy and a good immune system. If you aren’t already taking them, consider buying some today. Not only can multivitamins give your physical health a massive boost, but they can do wonders for your mental health, too. Just taking multivitamins can make you feel like you are doing something good for your body, which can make you feel healthier.