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It's another Q&A edition of Optimal Health Daily, episode 2180, and I'm Dr. Neal, your host of the show.

Welcome back to another special Friday edition of Optimal Health Daily, where I answer your questions. On the other days, I read health and fitness blogs

to you like an audiobook. Now, if you do send a question in, and you're in the U.S., we'll mail you a

copy of our hardcover workbook. If you're outside of the U.S., we'll email you a PDF version.

The easiest way to send in a question is to email it to

Health at oldepodcast.com.

And with that, let's hear today's question

and start optimizing your life.

Hi, Dr. Neal, this is Lauren from Brea, California. And I was wondering if it's enough for me to be

taking a general multivitamin or if I should be taking other supplements. I am a female

in my mid-30s, if that helps. Thanks.

Thank you for your question, Lauren from Brea, California. We're practically neighbors.

Okay, basically, taking a multivitamin is like having an insurance policy.

It probably doesn't hurt, but it may help under certain conditions. Here's why.

In industrialized countries like ours, the abundance of

food has prevented many of the common nutrient deficiencies that used to be so common. So the risk

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