Supplements---What do you take?

NU2U

I take...
* Probiotic Acidophilus
* Ultra Woman Daily Multivitamin
* Omega 3 Fish Oil 1360mg

magerum

Multivites & 2 protein shakes daily

hsk1019

Adult gummy vites, fish oil and iron.

Naybelline

Multivitamin & Minerals
Garlic
Omega fish oil

angelovearth

multivitamins and calcium( i hate milk)

How can ANYbody hate milk?? lol I love it so much! It's my bane. lol

The only supplement I take is a daily Shakeology...the healthiest meal of the day...and my absolute favorite meal of the day. It's got everything I need so nothing besides that.

weathergirl320

I take nothing. I get all my nutrients from food. IMO Thats where they should come from.

Thats all good and well if you actually LIKE those foods. I know that if I don't like the food I'm eating while I'm trying to lose weight I won't stick to it. Hence, the supplements.

what foods do you think have vitamins??? foods that are nutritous usually taste good. how do you not like food? supplements are un necessary. and can sometimes do more harm than good.

dougii

One a Day multi-vitamin for men
Fish Oil
One scoop Whey protien with milk and banana and other fruit after working out
Lots of fruits and vegetables

Zeromilediet

Fermented cod liver oil

Acg67

I take nothing. I get all my nutrients from food. IMO Thats where they should come from.

Thats all good and well if you actually LIKE those foods. I know that if I don't like the food I'm eating while I'm trying to lose weight I won't stick to it. Hence, the supplements.

what foods do you think have vitamins??? foods that are nutritous usually taste good. how do you not like food? supplements are un necessary. and can sometimes do more harm than good.

^ This although some people don't like the taste of nutrient dense foods like veggies. I would say most people should prob take some fish oil, due to a low omega 3 intake and to balance out all the omega 6's they are prob consuming and possibly some may need a multi or vit D as well, depending on their diet.

NeverGivesUp

It was my doctor that informed me of the latest research on vitamins. I was asking her if I should take some calcium due to my gastic bypass and she told me that it could do more harm than good because of the latest research. Everyone I know has been affected by cancer, eating fruits and veggies and clean food is the way I am helping myself. You can do what you want. I am just sharing what I do. In my experience though, when people get defensive about advice they are wishing to recieve, it might be wise to look inwards instead of attacking the advice given. I did this about gluten and now I don't touch the stuff. Getting vitamins from healthy food is the best way. It is also possible to teach yourself to like fruits and veggies, I have and my body is thanking me for it. Oh and vitamins are in fact processed junk that you are referring to. If you are belching up vitamin stench, there is something seriously wrong. There is no evidence to prove that vitamins help one way or the other. You can either think it through or follow what everyone else is doing without thought. It is of course your choice. It seems really silly to me to even thinking about taking a carb blocker, why not just eat less carbs? And why take vitamins unless you absolutely know for a fact that you need them?? But if you would like to make the vitamin companies rich, be my guest. oh and most vitamins contain gelatin which is definitely not vegetarian. But veggies are

JanetLM73

metamucil for extra fibre and a flintstone vitamin.

aquarianpixi

Puritan's Pride Woman's Multivitamin (you really can't beat their deals. Usually buy one get one free or buy 2 get 3 free)

KissMyAx

Fish oil (since I don't eat seafood)
Cinnamon
MultiVitamin
and Hair, skin and nail vitamins

weathergirl320

It was my doctor that informed me of the latest research on vitamins. I was asking her if I should take some calcium due to my gastic bypass and she told me that it could do more harm than good because of the latest research. Everyone I know has been affected by cancer, eating fruits and veggies and clean food is the way I am helping myself. You can do what you want. I am just sharing what I do. In my experience though, when people get defensive about advice they are wishing to recieve, it might be wise to look inwards instead of attacking the advice given. I did this about gluten and now I don't touch the stuff. Getting vitamins from healthy food is the best way. It is also possible to teach yourself to like fruits and veggies, I have and my body is thanking me for it. Oh and vitamins are in fact processed junk that you are referring to. If you are belching up vitamin stench, there is something seriously wrong. There is no evidence to prove that vitamins help one way or the other. You can either think it through or follow what everyone else is doing without thought. It is of course your choice. It seems really silly to me to even thinking about taking a carb blocker, why not just eat less carbs? And why take vitamins unless you absolutely know for a fact that you need them?? But if you would like to make the vitamin companies rich, be my guest. oh and most vitamins contain gelatin which is definitely not vegetarian. But veggies are

right on. why take a pill to "block carbs" just eat less. is that crazy talk??? actaully control what goes into your body without a pill??? food is where nutrients come from. and not all fruits and veggies and meats and eggs taste bad.

gardenimp

I listen to JIllian Michaels podcast and recently she addressed the need for supplements. What she said made alot of sense to me... A lot our fields are over farmed and as a result the nutrients that plants as suppose to get from the soil are depleted. Also there is so much of our food that is GM that we are simply not getting the all nutrients our bodies need. She did recommend that you have a blood test to see what you are most deficient in and then invest in a high quality vitamin supplement (not the One a Days).

Just food for thought :-)

JustJennie1

I take nothing. I get all my nutrients from food. IMO Thats where they should come from.

So where do you get your endothelial defense nutrition from? CoQ10? Vitamin D? You have to eat an awful lot of fish to get an adequate amount of Omega 3's into your body.

emilysuelemus

I have 2 body vi protein shakes a day that surpassess all the vits dailey I need and then some! love it! then I take omega 3 for heart and co enzyme q-10 antioxidant. occ vit b's/

JustJennie1

I would suggest taking a blood test to see what vitamins you are lacking instead of guessing in the dark. There have been recent studies linking supplements to cancer. We are so conditioned into believing that we need them but there is no scientific proof that these artificial vitamins do any good in the first place and may in fact cause irreperable harm. I also do not believe in supplements unless you absolutely need them. I am a pescatarian so I eat only fish. My blood tests recently showed that B12 and iron are issues for me and I am severely anemic because I cannot absorb them through my food (due to a gastric bypass) or even through supplements. I get a B12 shot every 3 months and will be getting an iron infusion every month. Other than that I eat a ton of veggies and they make me and my body feel fantastic.

Sorry but I can't believe that vitamins would cause cancer. Where did this study come from? Who conducted it?

I get my blood tested once a year to figure out where I am health and supplement wise and up as necessary.

AeolianHarp

NOW Adam Multi-Vitamin
BB.com Fish Oil (I take 4 capsules a day)
NOW Vitamin D3 5000IU (Everyone should supplement with Vitamin D)
NOW Magnesium
Whey - LeanFit, Myofusion, and Canadian Protein - I take two scoops a day

JustJennie1

It was my doctor that informed me of the latest research on vitamins. I was asking her if I should take some calcium due to my gastic bypass and she told me that it could do more harm than good because of the latest research. Everyone I know has been affected by cancer, eating fruits and veggies and clean food is the way I am helping myself. You can do what you want. I am just sharing what I do. In my experience though, when people get defensive about advice they are wishing to recieve, it might be wise to look inwards instead of attacking the advice given. I did this about gluten and now I don't touch the stuff. Getting vitamins from healthy food is the best way. It is also possible to teach yourself to like fruits and veggies, I have and my body is thanking me for it. Oh and vitamins are in fact processed junk that you are referring to. If you are belching up vitamin stench, there is something seriously wrong. There is no evidence to prove that vitamins help one way or the other. You can either think it through or follow what everyone else is doing without thought. It is of course your choice. It seems really silly to me to even thinking about taking a carb blocker, why not just eat less carbs? And why take vitamins unless you absolutely know for a fact that you need them?? But if you would like to make the vitamin companies rich, be my guest. oh and most vitamins contain gelatin which is definitely not vegetarian. But veggies are

right on. why take a pill to "block carbs" just eat less. is that crazy talk??? actaully control what goes into your body without a pill??? food is where nutrients come from. and not all fruits and veggies and meats and eggs taste bad.

You can not possibly get all the nutritional needs for your body from food alone. I love fruits and veggies and eat them every day however I am not getting my vitamin D from them. I'm not getting my coQ10. I'd have to eat a truck load of fish to get a quarter of the omega 3's my body needs. Vitamins are NOT "Processed Junk". They're called "supplements" because you are "supplementing" what you are already eating to get the nutrition that your body needs. If your body doesn't need it you just pee it out plain and simple. Yes there are vitamins out there that have added fillers and the like but there are also a plethora of supplements that don't. You need to read the labels, as with anything else out there, and make sure there isn't any crap or dyes in the vitamins. We get ours from a reputable company and the only "filler" is what the capsules are made out of. Every thing else is 100% natural and what my body needs.

Effy826

What supplements do you take and where do you get yours?

nlaper

Don't forget to take your vitamins and supplements with lunch! Don't drink caffeine any time during or before you take your vitamins!

is there a time amount for the caffeine? I did not know that.

NeverGivesUp

my goodness. I wrote, get a blood test and see what you are lacking and if you can't get whose vitamins from your food, then get them however you can. It is really simple. I do not advocate guessing in the dark and taking supplements blindly.

NeverGivesUp

and some people can get all their vitamins from food and the sun. The only way to tell is by taking a blood test which is what I said in my first post. If you eat no veggies or fruits then that is on you and believe me you will suffer the consequences. Your body won't absord a pill the way it will absorb the real vitamins directly from the source and that is the fact.

zoedallas

GNC Women's Ultra Mega Multi Vitamins
NOW 4000 Vitamin D on top of the 1600 I get from the multi vitamins (I'll knock that down in the summer)
Occasionally I will take Probiotics (perscription strength)

I need to add more Calcium to this mix. I'll be hitting GNC sometime this week for that.

NeverGivesUp

There is a reason the FDA does not put their stam of approval on vitamins. I believe most vitamins are processed junk and you can read a number of articles about it, here is one http://www.webmd.com/breast-cancer/news/20100401/multivitamins-linked-to-breast-cancer-risk

NeverGivesUp

here is another one http://news.yahoo.com/vitamin-e-pills-linked-prostate-cancer-risk-200221358.html

NeverGivesUp

and yet another one http://www.healthcmi.com/index.php/nursingceus/243-vitaminsbreastcancer20899.

almonds1

Protein....thats all I need.. and Food

zoedallas

I would suggest taking a blood test to see what vitamins you are lacking instead of guessing in the dark. There have been recent studies linking supplements to cancer. We are so conditioned into believing that we need them but there is no scientific proof that these artificial vitamins do any good in the first place and may in fact cause irreperable harm. I also do not believe in supplements unless you absolutely need them. I am a pescatarian so I eat only fish. My blood tests recently showed that B12 and iron are issues for me and I am severely anemic because I cannot absorb them through my food (due to a gastric bypass) or even through supplements. I get a B12 shot every 3 months and will be getting an iron infusion every month. Other than that I eat a ton of veggies and they make me and my body feel fantastic.

There are also tons of studies showing the harm of pesticides that you get mostly from fruits and veggies. Washing can help but doesn't get them all off. Buying organic helps but that can get expensive.

Nothing is a sure thing and studies are often flawed. You have to do the best you can and go with what makes sense to you.