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"Do you get less than 20 minutes of sun a day? Your body needs about that much to produce enough vitamin D, which new data show may fight heart disease and cancer. Not outdoors much? Get 1,000 IU of vitamin D daily, whether from food, a multi or a D supplement, says former NIH senior research fellow Pamela Peeke, M.D. Does your mom have osteoporosis? If so, your risk is twice as high as that of a woman without a family history. It&amp;amp;#8217;s best to get bone-building minerals from foods like dairy and veggies, but a multi with extra calcium and magnesium could help, especially during your twenties and thirties, says integrative medicine expert Melinda Ring, M.D. Are you a vegetarian? Young women need about 18 mg of iron a day to keep their muscles and immune system strong&amp;amp;#8212;and since the most common sources are meat, poultry and fish, vegetarians can come up short. Unless you get your daily dose from foods like fortified cereal and beans, Dr. Ring suggests a multi with iron. Are you trying to have a baby? You need folate, folate, folate! The nutrient (also known as folic acid) is key to ensuring your baby&amp;amp;#8217;s brain and spinal cord health&amp;amp;#8212;and very few women get the recommended 400 micrograms of it a day from foods (like greens), says dietitian Cynthia Sass, R.D. Pop a multi instead."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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