Multivitamin | Stress shuts down your digestion

During long work weeks, stress redirects blood and energy away from your stomach to your muscles and brain. You can eat perfectly and absorb only a fraction of the nutrients.

Eating well but feeling more depleted. Energy that does not improve even with better food. Getting sick more often despite good nutrition. Recovery takes longer than it should. Not bad food choices. Your digestion has stopped working.

The vitamins in a good multivitamin all work together. Your muscles need certain vitamins to rebuild. Your brain needs others. Your immune system needs different ones. If you are missing even one, everything slows down. People working long shifts benefit more than those who are not.

Your body does not use vitamins one at a time. They work as a chain. One vitamin enables another to work. The formula is designed so each one helps the others work.

How to take it

One daily with breakfast and some food that has fat in it. It takes consistent use to work. A multivitamin is a bridge so your body can work despite stress shutting down normal nutrition.

Research sources

Peake, J.M., et al. (2017) Micronutrient supplementation and physical performance in Sports Medicine on nutrient depletion under physical demands

Lomagno, K.A., et al. (2014) Cognition, mood, and stress in multivitamin/mineral supplementation in Nutrition Reviews on immune function and recovery under stress

Di Pierro, F., et al. (2015) Multicomponent supplementation improves athletic performance in Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness on nutrient absorption during high-stress periods