Should you be taking a multivitamin? It’s a question that comes up a lot. It’s important to first remember that a multivitamin cannot replace a healthy, varied, well-balanced diet. But there may be good reasons to take one if your diet isn’t always up to scratch. In fact, many of us are not achieving the recommended nutrient intakes for a number of vitamins and minerals that are essential for our everyday wellbeing.1 Among the reasons why we may not get enough vitamins and minerals in our diets could be due to empty-calorie foods, eating too many of the wrong foods,...