What vitamins do you take?

Amber030583
Amber030583 Posts: 490 Member
edited September 22 in Food and Nutrition
I am curious as to what vitamins you guys take? Also what have you noticed it helps you with? And if someone told you to take it their reasoning?

Wow! Am I nosy! lol. I just think it is interesting on what people take and maybe there is something that I am overlooking.

I currently take Stress B Complex vitamin. My doctor is the one that told me to take it years ago because I have a low immunity. I get sick very easily. I have been like this since I was 18. Weird huh? But from reading up on it this particular vitamin helps those that suffer from stress. (I do have anxiety that I take meds for) What have I noticed from this vitamin? Well, my hair and nails are healthier they both grow like crazy. That is all I really have noticed. Oh yeah, it does help fighting off what my little guy has when he is sick sometimes.

Alright....you turn :flowerforyou:

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  • missmaya24
    missmaya24 Posts: 142 Member
    I drink Shakeology. It has a ton of vitamins in it. It's easier for me to drink my vitamins then swallow pills lol.
  • platoon
    platoon Posts: 340
    I take a GNC Multivitamin for active women...

    I recently (within the past two weeks) starting taking flax seed oil supplements...

    Good luck with your journey! :-)
  • bmq98
    bmq98 Posts: 78
    Hi Amber,

    I take a one a day type vitamin pill. I am not a big vegetable eater so it makes me feel better to know that I am getting and supplementing those vitamins that I don't get in my diet. :-)
  • alliosn1234
    alliosn1234 Posts: 8
    I take the GNC Active womens Vita packs.
  • cullensbrunette
    cullensbrunette Posts: 115
    I take One A Day multivitamin for women.
  • jheller
    jheller Posts: 194
    Probably too many, but:
    Multi for women
    Calcium
    D
    Magnesium
    Echinechea during the winter
    Flax Oil w/DHA
  • ♥Faerie♥
    ♥Faerie♥ Posts: 14,053 Member
    I take tons...
    Multi for women
    Calcium
    Magnesium
    Biotin
    Gelatin
    Omega 3
    Zinc
    C
    E
    and St John's Wort

    Yeah, a little overload....
  • ZebraHead
    ZebraHead Posts: 15,207 Member
    Vodka - Liquid form
  • gambitsgurl
    gambitsgurl Posts: 632 Member
    Vodka - Liquid form

    Oh great. I just peed myself. Thanks.
  • lilRicki
    lilRicki Posts: 4,555 Member
    hahah yep at 70 calories a shot, i'm going to take vodka - liquid form tonight...bring on the "skinny b!tches"...my new favorite drink lol as for vitamins, i take 1 calcium, 1 woman's one a day, 2 evening primrose oil...i don't eat dairy, i have really low iron and i'm a raging hormonal b!tch when i have PMS...
  • groucherella
    groucherella Posts: 207
    Acidolpholus
    Prenatal Multi
    Fish Oil
    Extra Folic Acid
  • Pixiemel
    Pixiemel Posts: 12
    I just take Equate brand multi-vitamins, but by the looks of these posts I should reconsider! Lol.
  • vcatmb44
    vcatmb44 Posts: 129 Member
    Hello I take a womens Raw Vitaman Sport from Vitaman World the Raw vitamans absorb in your body immediadly (which you can tell bc ur pee changes to neon) and my nutritionalist told me the centrum and those type of vitamans stay in your body up to 6 months and dont fully dissove ! So I would say definatly take a RAW type of womens vitaman. I also take Selenium and bladderack that you get from the health food store that helps promote a healthy thyroid (Which can make you gain weight if not maintained) which my trainer told me also helps you lose weight. And lastly I take Chromium Picolate Its a fat metablosm burner without the jitters( bc i too have anxiety that i take med for) Hope that helps!
  • melodymartinez
    melodymartinez Posts: 65
    Just a prenatal vitamin
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  • jdsouthernbelle
    jdsouthernbelle Posts: 274
    Sublingual B-12
    Fish Oil
    L-Carnitine
    Apple Cider Vinegar Tablets
  • sara_xo
    sara_xo Posts: 195 Member
    Hi Amber,

    I take a one a day type vitamin pill. I am not a big vegetable eater so it makes me feel better to know that I am getting and supplementing those vitamins that I don't get in my diet. :-)

    Popeye's Supplements has a powder that tastes like blueberries - called veggies greens... it's an entire days worth of the nutrients from vegetables (but you should still eat veggies :)

    Just saying
  • sara_xo
    sara_xo Posts: 195 Member
    my vitamins are USANA vitamins - there specifically labeled with EXACT conent in them, unlike a "One a day" or "multivitamin"

    I take;
    -mega antioxident
    -multi-mineral
    -procossa (joints)
    -proflavonal (immunity)
    -poly c (Vitamin c)
    -Bio-Mega (omega 3)
    -vitamin d
    -chromium
    -vitamin b complex
    -vitamin b12 liquid

    as well as I mix in a little sachet (kind of like a crystal like one) into my veggie greens/protein shake in the morning of Probiotic Cultures :)

    I have an abnormal whiteblood cell count (no immune system)
  • kjdotson
    kjdotson Posts: 6 Member
    I just started taking Endless Youth vitamins today. My mom ordered them a while back and they kept shipping box after box. She had plenty so I thought I would try a box. Not sure exactly what all is in them but it is a pack of 4 pills a day. I will look into what is in them this evening. Has anyone ever taken Endless Youth?
  • lilRicki
    lilRicki Posts: 4,555 Member
    if you do take calcium, make sure there's vitamin D and magnesium in them as well, it helps with absorbtion...
  • htimpaired
    htimpaired Posts: 1,404 Member
    I just take a Fiber supplement and melatonin at night.
  • Charlie001
    Charlie001 Posts: 354
    I take

    CLA
    Green tea extract
    Nutrasea + d
    Maxx Essential MCT coconut oil
    L- Carnitine

    Just started Fusion SUB-Q

    On the muscle side

    Optimim nutrition protein
    Purple K creatine
    Precision ZMA
    Glutamine
  • lindsay1888
    lindsay1888 Posts: 8 Member
    I take Magnesium, B2 and Coenzyme Q10 because my neurologist advised me that this combination could help reduce the frequency of my migraines (though after a little over a month I haven't noticed much improvement there). I also take Biotin (just recently started but I'm trying to get my nails to grow out), Super B Complex (metabolism support), Feverfew extract (also for migraines) and Valerian extract at bedtime to help with anxiety/relaxation.
  • Nich0le
    Nich0le Posts: 2,906 Member
    One a Day womens 1x per day
    calcium with D 2x day and 2 twice a day when PMS
    magnesium 1x day

    I figure the multi vitamin can't hurt, anything your body doesn't need it will eliminate.

    I take the calcium with D because as you know the D helps with absorption AND many studies have shown that the effects of PMS, cramping mood swings etc can be curbed with calcium and after some trial and error I have found that it works for me so I take the recommended double dose for 7-10 days before TOM.

    I take the magnesium because I was having some energy problems, feeling lethargic etc and after some research and talking with my doc I found out that most women do not get enough iron or magnesium which leads to feelings of fatigue and lethargy and it has taken about 2 weeks of taking them consistently but I think it has helped, at least I don't have trouble waking up and I don't want to take a nap everyday anymore. I don't take extra iron because it is easy to overdose on iron and a multi vitamin has enough iron in it along with food sources and I show no signs of anemia so for now I wont take it.
  • Luv2bme
    Luv2bme Posts: 58
    I totally want to look into that Stress B pill! It sounds like something I need. I just get the vitamin B12 shot and B-100, used to take prenatals for MANY years. I'll probably start taking those 1 a day Woman's vitamins soon..
  • greenetea08
    greenetea08 Posts: 5
    I take:

    - B complex
    - Vitamin C
    - Ginkgo Bilboa

    The B and C are for added energy and the ginkgo is for focus and brain function. They seem to work I've noticed a difference since I've started taking them. I don't have to drink as much coffee and my memory is a lot better than it was.
  • Wolfena
    Wolfena Posts: 1,570 Member
    none

    I used to take a daily mulit-vitamin, but I really don't think I NEEDED it... my diet is pretty healthy and I seem to be doing just fine without it.
  • AmandaR910
    AmandaR910 Posts: 991
    I take an adult gummy vitamin and an iron supplement. I've been thinking about adding some calcium but I find I usually get that in my diet (same with fiber).
  • MzMolly
    MzMolly Posts: 169 Member
    Hello,
    I take a number of things. Fish oil for a number of reasons & with the Dr. recomendation. B12, Vitamins C, D, E. along with a womens one a day multi vitamin, calcium w/ D as well as garlic and cinnamon. I am hypo thyroid and the cinnamon helps with metabolism. I feel like a new person since I have lost so much weight and have been taking these suppliments.

    Molly
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