Question About Daily Value Percentages

[d'Anconia]

Ok so I've been looking at some of the vitamins I've been taking, which happen to be AtLarge's Multi-Plus. I looked at the nutrition facts and my question is: Do I really need to be getting more than 500% daily value recommended for some of these vitamins?

I mean I do weightlift obviously but is my lifestyle that different that I need this much of certain vitamins and minerals? Plus we're supposed to take 3 a day? Just looking at the Vitamin B6 that means I'd have 15,000% the daily value...

Now I understand having enough vitamins and minerals in you is a good thing, but isn't it a bit overkill? I get the feeling I could see just as good results just taking one a day or so. Anyone wanna help me understand this?

[Built]

RDA isn't an optimal health guideline - it's a "how to not die of scurvy" guideline.

For the most part, water soluable vitamins can safely be taken at higher doses.

[d'Anconia]

Ah gotcha.

[kad]

Plus we're supposed to take 3 a day? Just looking at the Vitamin B6 that means I'd have 15,000% the daily value...
Not 15,000%. Look again. The serving size is 3 tablets, recommended dose is 3 tablets daily. 3 tablets gives you 100mg (5000%) of B6. You'd have to take 9 tablets to get 300mg (15000%), which is pointless.

[d'Anconia]

Ah serving size is 3 tablets. My bad.