What's your Vitamin Regimen?

Eating food.

^^This. IMO, vitamins and supplements are just another way to drain your wallet. You can find all the vitamins and minerals your body needs in the foods you eat.

I disagree. What foods are going to give you adequate vitamin D3, especially for those of us who have a limited amount of sun exposure for 3-6 months during the year? What about calcium for someone who is lactose intolerant? One would have to eat an awful lot of kale, bread, tofu, and fish to meet the RDA which is 1,000 - 1,200 mg. What food contains DHEA which is a hormone that the body needs?

There are a lot of functions in the body that need support and you can't get all the adequate nutrients from food alone. Sure you can eat as healthy as you think but it's probably not enough. I eat fairly healthy and I get my blood work done twice a year and I am constantly having to tweak/up my supplement intake because I am simply not getting enough nutrients from the foods that I consume.

Eating food.

^^This. IMO, vitamins and supplements are just another way to drain your wallet. You can find all the vitamins and minerals your body needs in the foods you eat.

I disagree. What foods are going to give you adequate vitamin D3, especially for those of us who have a limited amount of sun exposure for 3-6 months during the year? What about calcium for someone who is lactose intolerant? One would have to eat an awful lot of kale, bread, tofu, and fish to meet the RDA which is 1,000 - 1,200 mg. What food contains DHEA which is a hormone that the body needs?

There are a lot of functions in the body that need support and you can't get all the adequate nutrients from food alone. Sure you can eat as healthy as you think but it's probably not enough. I eat fairly healthy and I get my blood work done twice a year and I am constantly having to tweak/up my supplement intake because I am simply not getting enough nutrients from the foods that I consume.

However did our palaeolithic ancestors survive without vitamins pills then? Vitamin D depending on latitude and skin colour may be a genuine issue (our palaeolithic ancestors went around naked a lot more than modern people do, hence got more sun exposure, and skin colour evolved to suit the latitude to balance vitamin D absorption against sun damage from too much UV), however you can get all the other vitamins and minerals the body needs from food alone, otherwise humans would never have made it through the palaeolithic era. What did Homo erectus do when she was deficient in any nutrient? She'd get cravings for foods that contained it so she'd go and seek out those foods and eat them.

most modern hunter-gatherers are lactose intolerant (as is probably half the population of the planet), the hunter-gatherer diet includes no dairy whatsoever other than extended breastfeeding of small children (up to age approx 5) and they are very healthy and have strong bones. A lot of green vegetables contain calcium, and hunter-gatherers eat a lot of plants. They also eat the whole animal (i.e. bone marrow, organ meat) not just the muscles, so that's another way to get a whole bunch of extra nutrients that western people tend to miss. So yes it's definitely possible to get enough calcium without eating dairy. In fact some studies suggest that as the protein in milk makes it somewhat harder for the body to absorb the calcium, green vegetables are actually a better source of calcium.

I get all my vitamins from food, and vitamin D from the sun (I have light skin and live at an almost tropical lattitude so that's not hard for me). In fact in the past when I had anaemia, iron supplements didn't help that much, but eating a daily meal of red meat, green vegetables and beans bumped up my iron levels really well. So in my experience, food is better than vitamin pills for nutritional deficiencies. So if I find I'm deficient in any nutrient, I look up what foods contain it and eat more of those, as I did with iron. Vitamin supplements have their place, just that they're not necessary in the quantities that many people take them, and people greatly underestimate how much nutrition they can get from food.

Also, when it comes to bone health, weight bearing exercise is required to increase bone density. Taking more calcium alone isn't enough, whether in the form of supplements or calcium rich food .

i buy awsome multi plus and extra B suplament and a D and then... and then.....and then.. i forget to take them:blushing:

Multi vitamin, turmeric and bioperin to help with the absorption of turmeric.

I take a complement "all in one" because I have multiple deficiencies due to Crohn's disease and increased need in vitamin C because of one med I take. Some of the complement is bonus, but since it's the same price, the same two pills per day and everything is dosed to avoid overdose where it's possible to overdose (minerals), why not.
The complete list of vitamins : A, B1, B2, B3 (niacin), B5 (pantothenic acid), B6, B7 (biotin), B9 (folic acid), B12, C, D, E.
And very small doses of the dietary elements : calcium, iron, magnesium, zinc, selenium, copper, molybdenum, manganese.

And food to complete the requirements of dietary elements (including the ones totally absent in the complement), proteins, fibers and essential fatty acids (keeping the good ratio between omega 3 and 6 with canola or linseed oil, and oily fish such as mackerels or sardines once a week).

I take Calcium, Omega-3's and Greens+ Daily Detox.

only and always Vitimin D! I learned the hard way that vitamin's are not necessary unless you have an actual deficiency or something of the such. The last time I took a multi vitamin it ended up messing up my bowel movements and I got insanely sick because of it.

What's your vitamin regimen?

Yogurt, Kombucha and saurkraut for Probiotics

Citrus Fruits for Vitamin C

Sunshine for Vitamin D

Collard greens and spinach for Iron and calcium

So on and so on..............

I get my vitamins from the foods I eat

Magnesium and Calcium Citrate (I'm a dedicated runner so I need these for my muscles and bones, especially to avoid cramping; I also eat yogurt and nuts daily, but not to reach the amount I need)
Fish Oil (a couple of times a week when I remember - I don't eat natural sources for this)
Iron (prescription)
B6 + B12 occasionally (prescription)
Emergen-C occasionally - especially during the winter or when I need extra energy (it also has lots of Bs)

I eat well. That's the most important, but I take a multivitamin plus chia seeds to cover my bases.