If you Take a Multivitamin, do you Need to Eat Fruits and Vegetables?

By: Robby Caldaroni and Michael Murgatroyd

Table of Contents

• Multivitamins• Fruits• Vegetables• Fruits and Vegetables vs. Multivitamins• Fun Facts

Multivitamins

• Multivitamins are a great way to supplement vitamins and minerals when you just aren’t able to get enough. But don’t totally replace the fruits with vitamins.

• They don’t have all of the benefits of fruits and vegetables, such as fiber.

Fruits

• Contain many vitamins and fiber.• Contain powerful antioxidants.• They help fight diseases and supports your

immune system.• Combining regular everyday fruits with more

unusual fruits, as in a smoothie, can help you get all of the vitamins and minerals that you are missing in your diet.

Vegetables

• Contain many vitamins and fiber.• They also contain antioxidants.• Vegetables contain vitamins that keep all of

the systems in your body working normally.

Fruits and Vegetables vs. Multivitamins

• All in all, vitamins do contain many different vitamin, but if you eat a wide range of colors in your fruits and veggies, you can get them all.

• Research shows that daily multivitamin use won’t stop you from getting cancer or heart disease.

• Because of the antioxidants and licopeen in fruits and vegetables, they can help prevent cancer and heart disease

Fun Facts

• You should eat two to three portions of fruits and vegetables every day.

• Fruits and vegetables have lost the vitamin content because of new age farming processes.

• Bell peppers can be green, yellow, orange, and purple.