The most common causes of death in the UK are heart disease, cancers, stroke, lung disease, liver disease and neurological diseases eg dementia, Parkinsons etc.
Micronutrients (vitamins & minerals and others) are needed for hundreds and hundreds of important biochemical reactions and basically look after our overall metabolism is so many ways.
Despite the rather out of date message from the world of health, that “you get what you need in your food”, proper scientific data shows clearly that the vast majority of us are not getting the recommended target level (RDA) on many nutrients, including some vitamins, minerals and even protein!
Most of us would like to live a long life, but not if those latter years are in poor health. This is the difference between ‘lifespan’ and ‘healthspan’.
If you could put the benefits of exercise into a pill, then that pill would be the most powerful and extraordinary drug ever discovered. Sadly this is not possible!