Abstract

A multivitamin may be a preparation intended to function a dietary supplement with vitamins, dietary minerals, and other nutritional elements. Such preparations are available within the sort of tablets, capsules, pastilles, powders, liquids, or injectable formulations. A side from injectable formulations, which are only available and administered under medical supervision, multivitamins are recognized by the Codex Alimentarius Commission (the United Nations’ authority on food standards) as a category of food.

In healthy people, most scientific evidence indicates that multivitamin supplements don’t prevent cancer, heart condition, or other ailments, and regular supplementation isn’t necessary. However, specific groups of individuals may enjoy multivitamin supplements, for instance, people with poor nutrition or those at high risk of degeneration [1].

There is no standardized scientific definition for multivitamin. Within the us, a multivitamin/mineral supplement is defined as a supplement containing three or more vitamins and minerals that doesn’t include herbs, hormones, or drugs, where each vitamin and mineral is included at a dose below the tolerable upper intake level as determined by the Food and Drug Board, and doesn’t present a risk of adverse health effects.