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Supplements?

dogfeathers81
dogfeathers81 Posts: 6 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Do you take supplements? If so, what do you take and why?

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  • fitmom4lifemfp
    fitmom4lifemfp Posts: 1,572 Member
    I take a multi-vitamin, every day. I take melatonin (it does seem to help me sleep sounder), biotin (not a super high dosage) , a super-b, and 2 fiber gummies.
  • annacole94
    annacole94 Posts: 994 Member
    Vitamin D in the winter (Oct - April or so): I live in Canada. We need it.
    Multi with iron: I'm a blood donor. And a woman. I need it if I want to stay eligible to donate blood. It also has folic acid, which is good if you plan on children (it's most important to take it for a few months pre-conception). I'm done with making babies, but I have leftover vitamins so I just take 'em.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    No, none. I get enough through food.
  • HealthierRayne
    HealthierRayne Posts: 268 Member
    vitamin d - Canadian trying to make it through winter, lol!
    b12 - I am vegan
    multi - I don't always eat the best so I like to make sure I round out my daily vitamins
    greens powder - I don't always eat the best so I like to make sure I get my greens (not taken all the time)
  • julie_broadhead
    julie_broadhead Posts: 347 Member
    Right now I take a prenatal multi and 2000IU of vitamin D twice a week. I'm still nursing and we are trying for another baby. I take the vitamin D because I live in Alaska and don't get enough sun for my body to make its own vitamin D.
  • Tazzie0208
    Tazzie0208 Posts: 66 Member
    I only take Folic acid and Ferrex 150 for my anemia. :)
  • Mycophilia
    Mycophilia Posts: 1,225 Member
    Creatine Monohydrate because cheap AF.
  • PrincessMom08
    PrincessMom08 Posts: 120 Member
    I take quite a variety of supplements for adrenal support. Then again I'm a huge believer in supplements. I currently take Holy Basil, Korean Ginseng, Bacopa, Ashwagandha, Astragalus, Licorice Root, B-6 for energy, and Gingko Baloba (which is a recent addition). I have a multivitamin but I hate taking that thing. It's a freakin horse pill. Why do they have to be so big? LOL :s
  • suruda
    suruda Posts: 1,233 Member
    I currently take nothing regularly....I feel like I am eating a varied and nutrional diet so don't need them.
    I do take melatonin (for sleep) as needed, and fiber gummies (for deuce) as needed also :-1:
  • Lin_marie11
    Lin_marie11 Posts: 100 Member
    Women's one-a-day multivitamin, fish oil, vitamin D
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    A multi with omega 3, a crap ton of VD3 since I just found out I'm deficient, and calcium/magnesium.
  • Rebecca0224
    Rebecca0224 Posts: 810 Member
    Multi vitamin and b12.
  • pinuplove
    pinuplove Posts: 12,871 Member
    Omega 3-6-9 because I don't like or eat oily fish but I think they're beneficial.
    Calcium plus magnesium and D3. I'm a woman, family history of osteoporosis, and I don't get enough solely from my diet.
    Iron (2 or 3 times a week). I'm always bordering on anemic. I hate supplementing iron though. The digestive side effects are icky.
  • dogfeathers81
    dogfeathers81 Posts: 6 Member
    I feel like I take a lot, some I just recently started taking though-a multivitamin, krill oil, biotin (I have PCOS and am concerned that my hair is thinning), Cosamine DS (my knees make crunching sounds), a probiotic, and myo-inositol (supposed to help the symptoms of PCOS).
  • cgvet37
    cgvet37 Posts: 1,189 Member
    BCAA's
    Protien shakes
    Creatine
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