Can women take mens vitamins?

Given that most adults take 300mg to 500mg of vitamin C daily, especially during the wintertime, this distinction is lost. In fact, for more than half of the micronutrients, the recommendations are the same for adult men and adult women. Examples include vitamin E (15 IUs), B6 (1.3 mg), B12 (2.4 mcg), folate (400 mcg), calcium (1,000mg), potassium (4,700 mg) and sodium (1,500 mg). Iron and zinc are the only two micronutrients that have somewhat different nutritional requirements. read more

You can't buy a multivitamin with your name on it, but you can buy one aimed at your gender. Many multivitamins come in his and her varieties. Examples are One A Day Women's, One A Day Men's Health Formula, Centrum Ultra Women's and Centrum Ultra Men's. They're sold in grocery stores and drug stores everywhere. read more