Daily Multivitamin

One tablet a day covering the standard vitamins and minerals. Centrum outside North America, One A Day inside it — the pharmacy-shelf brands, not the boutique ones.

• One a day
• Men's / women's versions
• Pharmacy brand

Why you’d want it: The boring backstop for anyone whose meals have got smaller or less varied. Nothing clever; that is the appeal.

Picking tip: A plain Centrum or One A Day does the job; the premium 'complete' ones mostly add iron and herbs that many people don't need. If you already take vitamin D or magnesium separately, check the multivitamin isn't doubling them.

Supplements are food, not medicine: nothing here treats or prevents anything. If you take any medicine, ask a pharmacist first.

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Vitamins & Supplements

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