Essential Basics is a comprehensive, highly concentrated vitamin/mineral/trace element supplement containing 28 essential nutritional ingredients. Like Douglas Laboratories' Basic Preventive® supplements, Essential Basics is a potent antioxidant formula with natural beta-carotene and natural vitamin E; a high-potency B-complex supplement; a significant source of bioavailable calcium and magnesium; and an iron-free, full-spectrum mineral and trace element supplement.