Every article I read says you should primarily get your vitamins through fruits and vegetables and other whole foods rather than multivitamin pills. But if you look at the nutritional facts on say, a bag of spinach or cup of fruit, the % daily value seems way lower than a regular multivitamin, and you’d need to eat a ton of fruits/veggies to get a comparable intake (a single serving of spinach is usually almost an entire bag).
What am I missing?
In: Biology
most vitamins in pill form are never absorbed by the body; the stomach acid breaks it down before it can be absorbed (roughly 90% goes to waste). vitamins are great for people who have issues absorbing certain vitamins or natural deficiencies and can help boost vitamin levels in those with bad diets; but they are a poor replacement to better food intake
spinach is more than one thing….vitamins a , k , c , as well as iron and potassium, plus fiber and protein
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