And yet, most people don’t know much about how each multi ingredient impacts their day-to-day life and whole-body health. While the benefits of multivitamins are vast, they can also have an undesirable effect on your sleep (depending on the time of day you take them and your individual biology). As one happy customer put it after taking mbg’s ultimate multivitamin+, “I felt a change in my energy. I felt the difference right away and absolutely look forward to taking this vitamin every day to fuel me at 55. And when I read the ingredients I am so impressed with all the good stuff.”* —mbg customer Carrie W. So for those who find their multi to be energizing, be sure to take it with breakfast or lunch to make sure you’re able to wind down for sleep later in the evening. It’s also worth noting that while B vitamins are water-soluble (along with vitamin C), other essential vitamins you’ll find in a multivitamin—i.e., vitamins A, D, E, and K—are fat-soluble. This means they’re best absorbed when taken with a meal that contains a little bit of fat. Consider adding avocado, olive oil, coconut oil, or another healthy fat to your breakfast or lunch to ensure all the nutrients in your multi are bioavailable and ready for your body to use. As for form, bioactive Bs are the best kind to take, as they’re more bioavailable and support healthy methylation, especially for individuals with MTHFR gene variations (i.e., about half of the population—more on that here).* Some multivitamins are even tailored to deliver targeted health benefits: For example, in addition to a high-potency B complex, mindbodygreen’s ultimate multivitamin+ includes six bonus botanicals (glutathione, resveratrol, lycopene, piperine, lutein, and zeaxanthin) that have been clinically shown to help promote longevity.* (You can read more about the longevity benefits of our multi formula here.)
