Women's Multi

• Contains a well-balanced blend of vitamins and minerals to target the unique nutritional needs of adult women and reduce the risk of health problems common in the female population
• Nutrients are provided in their active and highly bioavailable forms, such as mixed tocopherols, methylcobalamin and citrate mineral salts
• 1 mg of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate (5-MTHF), the active form of folate, is provided to support healthy fertility
• 45 mg of elemental iron effectively supplements women's needs without increasing the risk of constipation or digestive disorders
• Significant amounts of elemental calcium and magnesium are provided to improve bone health and reduce the risk of osteoporosis
  

Multivitamin supplements have been used for decades to ensure that minimum nutritional needs are met, despite daily variations in diet and nutrient intake. Even some of the best, most balanced diets are lacking in certain micronutrient categories. Cyto-Matrix's Women's Multi is specifically designed to fill these gaps and meet the unique nutritional needs of women.

Multivitamin supplements in general have been shown to improve the body's stress response, mood, and energy levels. However, multivitamin supplements are unfairly categorized as a single entity without recognizing the vast differences in quality and dosage between formulations. For this reason, it is important to evaluate multivitamin formulas on several parameters.

First, different mineral salts and vitamin forms can significantly affect nutrient absorption rates from the digestive tract. For example, B vitamins must first be converted to their active forms before being used in the body. If vitamin B6 is supplemented as pyridoxine hydrochloride, the liver must first convert it to pyridoxal-5-phosphate before it can be effectively used in physiological processes. The same principle applies to riboflavin, folic acid, vitamin B12, and other vitamins. With minerals, the carbonate and oxide forms are commonly used despite evidence that citrate, amino acid chelates, and buffered mixtures demonstrate superior absorption.

Second, a once-a-day multivitamin is convenient, but it's often not enough to make a difference in health outcomes. To provide meaningful, evidence-based dosages of a wide variety of vitamins and minerals, more than one vegetarian capsule or tablet is needed. Unfortunately, to reduce the number of capsules, many multivitamin formulations contain only trace amounts of nutrients or exclude certain nutrients, making the formula incomplete.

Finally, specific populations and ages have unique nutritional needs. Regarding women's nutritional needs, it is well known that women are at greater risk than men for osteoporosis and iron deficiency anemia. Additionally, women of reproductive age need adequate folate intake to support healthy fertility.

For these reasons, Cyto-Matrix's Women's Multi is formulated with significant yet well-balanced amounts of elemental calcium, magnesium, vitamin D, folate, and iron. All of the nutrients in Women's Multi are in their active and highly bioavailable forms, such as mixed tocopherols, methylcobalamin, 5-methyltetrahydrofolate (5-MTHF), and citrate mineral salts. Simply put, the dosages, ratios, and forms of nutrients are designed to promote optimal health outcomes in women.