The Health and Food Supplements Information Service (HSIS) revealed Britons are missing in eight key vitamins.

These are vitamin D, folate, calcium, magnesium, selenium, iron, iodine and omega-3s.

All play a major function in our well being, the report acknowledged, with Dr Carrie Ruxton stating the vitamins we take up from meals "impact our immune status and susceptibility to infection".

Nutritionist Daisy Connor stated: "Most people will struggle to get optimal levels of essential vitamins and minerals from a standard western diet.

"In truth, the HSIS went as far as to say we've a 'micronutrient emergency' within the UK."

Connor added: "This is the results of a number of elements together with poor meals high quality, prevalence of ultra-processed meals, and the burden the fashionable atmosphere locations on our our bodies.

"When exposed to more pollution and stress than ever before, it's fair to say our bodies' demands for nutrition have increased, and we don't eat accordingly."

This is why Connor is an advocate for a "quality multivitamin" as an alternative of choosing just one sort of vitamin supplement.

She elaborated: "It can be helpful to take a quality multivitamin to cover the basics, rather than taking single nutrients like a vitamin D pill.

"The caveat; ought to your GP uncover a deficiency you will seemingly want the next dose of that nutrient than present in a multivitamin."

Conner said: "If you're taking a multivitamin, it is typically greatest taken with a meal because it comprises fat-soluble nutritional vitamins like Vitamin E.

"Plus, zinc can make you feel nauseous on an empty stomach."

Dr Nisa Aslam additionally commented on the 2021 report: "In an ideal world, we should get all our nutrients from the food on our plates. However, busy lifestyles make this hard."

People are inspired to take pleasure in consuming a "spectrum of vibrant fruit and veg, oily fish, dairy meals, lean meats, beans, legumes, nuts, soya meals and crimson meat".

Before taking dietary supplements it is likely to be helpful to test together with your physician first.

Moreover, you would possibly need to talk about which multivitamin can be the correct match for you.

Daisy Connor is the Nutritional Therapist at City Survivor Supplements.