People who may benefit from vitamin and mineral supplements include:
- Pregnant women
- Women who are breastfeeding
- People who drink alcohol above the recommended safe amount (two standard drinks per day for women and four for men)
- Cigarette smokers
- Illegal drug users
- Crash dieters or people on chronic low-calorie diets
- The elderly (especially those who are disabled or chronically ill)
- Some vegetarians
- Women with excessive bleeding during menstruation
- People with allergies to particular foods
- People with malabsorption problems such as diarrhoea, coeliac disease or pancreatitis
