What vitamins do you take?

alexandriax03

Women's multivitamin
Super B complex
Calcium + Vitamin D (no dairy for me)
Align Probiotics (inflammatory bowel disease)

jos05

daily multi-vitamin ... a prescription potassium... a B12 and an Iron pill.

emdeesea

Take one of your vitamins and put it in a glass of water....does it dissolve? Most don't unless their capsules so I wonder if they really dissolve in your stomach, how long it takes and if your body really reaps the benefits? I am of the mind set that vitamins should come from our food.

Just sayin.... :indifferent:

It's vinegar that you're supposed to dissolve a vitamin in. Water is not acidic and does not mimic stomach acid.

According to the USP, at least 75 percent of the vitamin should dissolve within one hour in order for it to be considered an effective product.

sfbaumgarten

I just take a mutivitamin (the delicious chewy kind) because I feel like I'm supposed to and a couple Tums as a calcium supplement because my doc told me to...

PoisonDartFrog

(Target Brand) Multi-vitamin (gummy)
Nature Made Adult gummies - Vitamin C
(Target Brand) Fiber Gummy Supplement
Schiff Digestive Advantage - Probiotic gummies
Nature Made Calcium 600mg + Vitamin D 400 IU (twice a day)

I take the gummies 1x daily and the Calcium 2x...I know the gummies are a lot of "extra calories", about 100 to be exact. But it is my "treat" for the day and I count them in my calories. I tried a bottle of the gummy calcium, but didn't like the taste so switched to soft capsules.

I don't take C in the summer, but I swear by it in the winter...I've spent months with everone sneezing at me, coughing, and getting the flu...I've been healthy (knock on wood)

emdeesea

I just take a One a Day and always have.

whoaitsmegan

none, i eat food to get the nutrients i need

Really? Because I just sustain myself on vitamins.

HA!

MrsB123111

Multi-vitamin
B-12
Accelerator
Vitamin C
Fish oil w/ Omega 3
Night time supplement/sleep aid

luvcookies2014

I only take 5,000 iu of Vitamin D, but it's what my doctor told me to take.

Once in a while when I'm having insomnia problems I will take Magnesium for a few days and for whatever reason it does help.

dixoncrew

A womens multi
B complex
Probiotics
Zinc
Vit C
Fish oil

VegasFit

I take a few. I figure it can't hurt and I've read that some of these help with carpal tunnel so I'm all for that! B-12, CLA , MSM, a multi, Vitamin D, Biotin, Glucosamine/Chondrotine, and vitamin C. I buy those at Trader Joe's. I find their prices to be very good and a couple of those are chewable so I don't mind the taste. I also take L-Carnintine and I keep Zinc on hand for when I feel a cold coming on which with all these vitamins is rarely.

sleepingtodream

I take some when I remember. I seem to have more energy when I take the vitamins regularily.

Vitamins: Prenatal, Vitamin D and B Complex
Supplements: L-Lysine, St. John's Wort and 5-HTP

rgunn02

Vit D - especially during the winter….even though I'm in a sunny city in Canada we still don't get enough
Calcium + D + Magnesium - I don't drink a lot of milk and need the other vits to help the calcium absorb
Vit C - because I'm prone to yeast infections
B complex - because I like to drink :drinker:

rgunn02

NONe big waste of $$$$$. Eat a proper diet and you don't need them. That is from my MD.

I disagree….

just_Jennie1

Take one of your vitamins and put it in a glass of water....does it dissolve? Most don't unless their capsules so I wonder if they really dissolve in your stomach, how long it takes and if your body really reaps the benefits? I am of the mind set that vitamins should come from our food.

Just sayin.... :indifferent:

It's vinegar that you're supposed to dissolve a vitamin in. Water is not acidic and does not mimic stomach acid.

According to the USP, at least 75 percent of the vitamin should dissolve within one hour in order for it to be considered an effective product.

Again, wrong.

Vitamins that dissolve do so because they are water soluble meaning that they dissolve immediately and are absorbed by the body. Those that don't are fat soluble meaning they are stored in the body and are dissolved in fat. Also, the fat soluble ones need to be taken with food.

9bars

B complex
Vitamin C
Flaxseed capsule
D3
Coq10
Garlic
Magnesium taurate

knra_grl

Take one of your vitamins and put it in a glass of water....does it dissolve? Most don't unless their capsules so I wonder if they really dissolve in your stomach, how long it takes and if your body really reaps the benefits? I am of the mind set that vitamins should come from our food.

Just sayin.... :indifferent:

It's vinegar that you're supposed to dissolve a vitamin in. Water is not acidic and does not mimic stomach acid.

According to the USP, at least 75 percent of the vitamin should dissolve within one hour in order for it to be considered an effective product.

Again, wrong.

Vitamins that dissolve do so because they are water soluble meaning that they dissolve immediately and are absorbed by the body. Those that don't are fat soluble meaning they are stored in the body and are dissolved in fat. Also, the fat soluble ones need to be taken with food.

I stand corrected but still won't be adding them to my shopping list

MysteriousMerlin

I only take 5,000 iu of Vitamin D, but it's what my doctor told me to take.

Once in a while when I'm having insomnia problems I will take Magnesium for a few days and for whatever reason it does help.

I'll have to try this. About every 5 months or so I have a cycle of 5-6 days of insomnia. I get about 3 hours of crappy sleep if I'm lucky.

mmm_drop

Multi-Vitamin
Calcium + D3
D3 (because I live in the Inland Dark West)
Flax Seed Oil (this helps with inflammation due to my RA)

asciident

I noticed I wasn't hitting RDA on some micros so I take a generic women's multivitamin. I haven't been tested, but I suspect I'm probably Vit D deficient, too. Don't want to supplement until I know, though.