Dr. Donohue: What time is it? Vitamin time!

Dear Dr. Donohue: When’s the best time to take a vitamin? There are no directions on the bottle, and all the doctors I ask simply shrug their shoulders. — B.W.

Answer: It’s the kind of question that prompts a shrug because there’s not a lot of information on the subject. I have been told to take a multivitamin on a full stomach — after eating. Many vitamins are absorbed better then.

I take a multivitamin early in the morning, before eating. It’s an act of defiance on my part.