Description
Optimum Nutrition’s Opti-Women offers a daily multi fortified with a natural nutrient blend especially designed for women. It contains a potent blend of 40 essential vitamins and minerals, antioxidants, and herbal extracts. Opti-Women supplies the nutritional support needed to supplement an active woman’s diet for optimum health.
Opti-Women’s vitamins and minerals like calcium, magnesium, zinc, copper, and vitamin D support bone health and protect against osteoporosis. It also supplies ostivone (a brand ipriflavone) and soy isoflavones, a powerful combination that helps support healthy bones and improves calcium absorption. Furthermore, soy isoflavones along with chasteberry and dong quai help promote hormonal balance.
Opti-Women’s potent antioxidants include deodorized garlic, lycopene, grape seed extract, alpha lipoic acid, citrus bioflavonoids and vitamin C. This powerful combination of nutrients can improve immunity, boost the metabolism, burn fat, maintain healthy blood sugar levels, promote weight management and enhance wellness. The addition of garcinia and GTF chromium also help regulate fat metabolism.
The botanical extracts horse chestnut, butcher’s broom and uva ursi promote circulation through the veins, support and strengthen the walls of the veins and reduce swelling. Carotenoids such as vitamin A, lutein, alpha carotene, zeaxanthin, and cryptoxanthin are antioxidant pigments found in fruits and vegetables that are critical for promoting and maintaining vision health.
Pros
Opti-Women is more than a daily multi. This multivitamin formula is fortified with a natural nutrient blend specially designed for women.
Opti-Women has the following benefits:
• Fortified daily multi specially designed for women
• Potent blend of 40 vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and herbal extracts
• Promotes optimum health
• Antioxidants improve immunity
Cons
Some people may experience cramping, nausea or GI (gastrointestinal) upset with horse chestnut or uva ursi.
Pregnant or nursing women should not use dong quai or uva ursi.
People regularly taking dong quai should limit prolonged exposure to the sun due to increased sensitivity to sunlight.
Chasteberry should not be used during pregnancy or hormone therapy. Some people may experience mild stomach upset when taking chasteberry.
Multivitamins contain different nutrients which have the potential to interact with drugs. Pregnant or nursing women, women on hormone therapy and people with pre-existing medical conditions or taking medication should not supplement with Opti-Women without consulting a physician.
Is It For You?
If you want a fortified daily multi specially designed for women, Opti-Women may be for you.
However, pregnant or nursing women, women on hormone therapy and people with pre-existing medical conditions or taking medication should not supplement with Opti-Women without consulting a physician.
Dosage and Directions
As a dietary supplement, consume 2 capsules daily, or use as directed by a physician or a licensed nutritionist.