When are multivitamins needed?

– Inadequate and balanced diet (for psychological or economic reasons), skip meals, low calorie diet individuals,

– Vegetarian, vegan individuals and individuals who do not consume animal food,

– Menopausal women and women with post-menopausal bone loss,

– Individuals who cannot benefit from the sun enough and have low consumption of dairy products,

– In infants, children and adolescents,

– In some disease conditions (dialysis treatment, allergic diseases that prevent food intake, etc.)

– Pregnancy and lactation in women

– Iron deficiency and anemia

– Those who receive nutritional therapy due to a disease, those who use birth control pills and those who take long-term medication,

– Athletes and the elderly,

– Smokers, alcohol users,

– Women who are in menstruation period (especially in severe individuals may need iron supplementation)

– Under the supervision of a specialist, multivitamin or vitamin or mineral supplements may be needed.