Dear Curly.
I would like to answer as simple as I can . ANY Doctors/Specialists are not trained to speak about vitamins with their patients. They really do not know much about them. In their medical schools all over the country they only have about 2 hours on vitamins(not enough to know lots about them). Big Pharma is the number one that sells!! They want to make money instead play with something that does not bring them profit and can't be patented for big buck sells..
I take vitamins separately. Multivitamin is for lazy people I am not trying to hurt your feelings but make you understand that minute amounts of vitamins and minerals in one pill is not enough.
I was diagnosed with Ovarian cancer 2 years ago and instantly went to ORTHOMOLECULAR VITAMIN CENTRE for consultation and immediately orthomolecular specialist put me on a strict regiment of vitamins and minerals. 75% of population is DEPLETED from vitamins especially Vitamin C, D,E and other minerals unless you eat strictly organic from your own garden.Produce from the stores is beautiful but sprayed with chemicals and that is why we are getting sick .Overload of toxins in our bodies and lack of NUTRIENTS from the food.
Some people will argue this with me but I know for a fact because I am on lots of vitamins and minerals and I know who I was before I took them and who I am now. Before I had foggy mind, tired all the time, could not get out of bed and if I did I was groggy, could not concentrate could not remember a thing ..NOW I am a totally different person.HAPPY is the word and most of all unclogged mentally and physically..
I owe this to my Orthomolecular approach to life and change of diet.from everything fast way to poor man's food .I cook myself or my husband and we do not eat fancy prepared dinners or use anything that is processed.
IT REALLY HELPS. Life is beautiful even with my cancer that I keep in check by using vitamin C intravenously and another natural medicine from Germany.
Take care Curly, Let me know what you think.Elisa.