Can you take several vitamins at once?

Vitamins are usually found in food alongside other compounds from the same group of nutrients. Foods rich in vitamins contain both fat-soluble and water-soluble vitamins. Excellent examples of this are eggs and offal, but also fish, cruciferous vegetables and berries.

1. Consuming several vitamins at once
2. Supplementing your diet with several vitamins at once
3. Choosing vitamin supplements

Consuming several vitamins at once

One of the foods with the highest nutrient density is the chicken egg. Eggs can help meet the body's requirements for thiamine (B1), riboflavin (B2), pyridoxine (B6), folic acid (B9), cobalamin (B12), as well as retinol (A) and cholecalciferol (D3). When consumed with kale, for example, they also provide the body with niacin (B3), pantothenic acid (B5), ascorbic acid (C), carotene (A), alpha-tocopherol (E) and phylloquinone (K1). By supplementing your meal with potatoes and a glass of kefir, you can ensure a solid vitamin cocktail.

However, sometimes the diet is not so varied and well-balanced, which is observed, among others, in people with numerous taste aversions, those on restrictive elimination diets or those struggling with food allergies. In addition, some gastrointestinal disorders can lead to vitamin absorption disorders. These can be diseases related to both the stomach (e.g. ulcers) and the intestines (e.g. ulcerative colitis).

Supplementing your diet with several vitamins at once

In addition to the cases mentioned above, people who are highly physically active, as well as those struggling with appetite disorders, addictions, pain or sleep disorders, may have problems with providing their bodies with sufficient amounts of vitamins. In cases of people with very low estimated vitamin intake to date, it is worth considering supplementing their diet with preparations aimed at regulating deficiencies.

It should be remembered that during food preparation (e.g. cutting, cooking) and storage of ready-made meals, there is a significant reduction in the vitamin content of food products, with vitamin C, B1 and B2 being particularly sensitive to this.

Taking these losses into account, as well as factors such as increased demand associated with physical activity, it often turns out that the diet is deficient. Multivitamin supplements, which are appropriate in such cases, contain compounds that are easily absorbed and are available in doses that allow for relatively rapid absorption from the gastrointestinal tract.

Choosing vitamin supplements

In addition to dietary supplements containing a set of all known vitamins (with possible additions of vitamin-like substances, such as choline), the market for such preparations also offers sets of: fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K), B vitamins, vitamins with antioxidant potential (A, C, E), vitamins that counteract anaemia (C, B9, B12), and vitamins that inhibit osteoporosis (D3, K2). It is worth finding out about your daily vitamin intake and deciding which areas of your diet are the weakest before symptoms of deficiency appear.