How many vitamins should you take a day?

I think it all depends on you and what your body needs. I take a Multivitamin every day along with an Iron pill, Vitamin C pill, B-12 pill and a B-Complex pill.

Ok, I have alot of advice on this subject.

Centrum is the best vitamin supplement I have ever found, and I have done lots of research.

For starters, if you take ALOT of vitamin supplements, you will gain weight. (I know this from experience!) I used to take calcium, selenium, vitamin c, vitamin e, zinc, etc. and I balooned up alot and couldnt figure out why. When I stopped all of that and just went to a multi, I was fine.

I do not recommend those packs of vitamins you can get from GNC either, they give you a packet of 7 pills and it is just too many to take. If you take too many they make you feel nauseous.

The rule of thumb is, if your body is lacking something that you are not getting from food, ie zinc, iron, etc you should take a supplement for it, but if you are eating the correct amount of veggies and fruits/day you should be fine without taking alot of supplements.

Older people should take calcium, etc, but if you are young and healthy, just eat 2/3 of your plates with veggies/fruit and you are fine.

Fish oil is poplular to be taken for metabolism if you do not eat very much fish. For women, fish is VERY healthy, and that is the only supplement I take daily (since I do not eat much fish). If you are like me, you can get fish oil capsules but please remember that the non-organic, non-farm-raised may not be as good for you. I recommend vitacost.com and look for farm-raised fish, that way you know they didnt catch the fish from a river that could have contaminates in it.

Hope that helps.

I learned alot from reading remedies books, webmd, and health sites online.

I am anemic so I have to take extra iron pills. When I first started taking vitamins I felt sick after but that was only because I was taking them on an empty stomach. I now drink something or eat something that coats my stomach and then take them. I have never had an issue with balooning up because of taking vitamins. Do you think maybe you were allergic to something in one of them?

Ok, I have alot of advice on this subject.

Centrum is the best vitamin supplement I have ever found, and I have done lots of research.

For starters, if you take ALOT of vitamin supplements, you will gain weight. (I know this from experience!) I used to take calcium, selenium, vitamin c, vitamin e, zinc, etc. and I balooned up alot and couldnt figure out why. When I stopped all of that and just went to a multi, I was fine.

I do not recommend those packs of vitamins you can get from GNC either, they give you a packet of 7 pills and it is just too many to take. If you take too many they make you feel nauseous.

The rule of thumb is, if your body is lacking something that you are not getting from food, ie zinc, iron, etc you should take a supplement for it, but if you are eating the correct amount of veggies and fruits/day you should be fine without taking alot of supplements.

Older people should take calcium, etc, but if you are young and healthy, just eat 2/3 of your plates with veggies/fruit and you are fine.

Fish oil is poplular to be taken for metabolism if you do not eat very much fish. For women, fish is VERY healthy, and that is the only supplement I take daily (since I do not eat much fish). If you are like me, you can get fish oil capsules but please remember that the non-organic, non-farm-raised may not be as good for you. I recommend vitacost.com and look for farm-raised fish, that way you know they didnt catch the fish from a river that could have contaminates in it.

Hope that helps.

I learned alot from reading remedies books, webmd, and health sites online.