Many people do not eat proper, balanced diets, and suffer from vitamin deficiency. However, rather than looking for a solution in a bottle, nutritionists recommend people begin eating more healthful foods to get the range of vitamins their bodies need.

Some chosen diets, such as vegetarian, provide a limited number of natural vitamins and therefore a supplement may be the best option. It can be time consuming and complicated for some special dieters to get the foods they need, in the ratios that are best, from natural sources. But for most diets, food can provide all you need!

One of the keys to this is to gain knowledge about the different kinds of vitamins, and the natural vitamin sources that are best. Once you have that knowledge, incorporating as many of them as possible into your diet will be easy! Water soluble vitamins must be repleneshed each day because they cannot be stored in our bodies. Therefore, learning natural vitamin sources in those cases is the most important step. Many of the following natural sources will be from things you already have in your home, so it will be a cinch to start! Here is a list of many common sources for vitamins:

* Natural vitamin B4 sources can include egg yolks, legumes, organ meats, brewer's yeast, wheat germ, soybeans, fish.

* Natural vitamin B12 sources include organ meats, pork, fish, eggs, cheese, milk, bananas, lamb, kelp, peanuts (How about a peanut butter and banana sandwich!)

* Natural vitamin B12 sources can include fish, organ meats, eggs, pork, cheese, bananas, milk, kelp, lamb, peanuts (Why not a peanut butter and banana sandwich?)

* Natural vitamin C sources can include cabbage family, berries, melons, rose hips, chili peppers, asparagus, citrus

* Natural vitamin B13 sources include root vegetables, whey in liquid form

* Natural vitamin B2 sources include brewer's yeast, organ meats, whole grains, nuts, legumes, blackstrap molasses

* Natural vitamin B5 sources can include egg yolks,salmon, legumes, organ meats, wheat germ, whole grains, brewer's yeast

* Natural vitamin B12 sources can include bananas, fish, eggs, pork, milk, cheese, kelp, organ meats, lamb, peanuts

* Natural vitamin B7 sources include liver, unpolished rice, brewer's yeast, legumes, sardines, whole grains, egg yolks

* Natural vitamin B15 sources can include brown rice, brewer's yeast, rare steaks, pumpkin, sunflower, & sesame seeds

* Natural vitamin B17 sources can include peaches, whole kernels of apricots, cherries, apples, plums

* Natural vitamin B9 sources can include root vegetables, dark-green leafy vegetables, organ meats, oysters, salmon, milk

* Natural vitamin B1 sources can include egg yolk, brewer's yeast, brown rice, organ meats, whole grains, blackstrap molasses

* Natural vitamin B6 sources can include meats, wheat germ, whole grains, blackstrap molasses, organ meats, brewer's yeast

Remember, supplements in pill form are not bad, it is just that natural sources are even better! And why not take the opportunity to explore new foods and food combinations -- you never know what you will fall in love with.