Vitamins-- do you take them?

I take vitamins to supplement my diet and for my overall health. I do not prescribe to the "You can get every single one of the nutrients that your body needs from your diet alone!" because I really and truly don't think you can. Yes, you can get some but I don't believe you can get all of your RDA through your food. With that said the main vitamins I take are:

Daily multi
Omega 3
Vitamin D
Vitamin C
Low dose aspirin
Calcium
CoQ10

Along with some other vitamins that support various body functions -- heart, liver, etc.

As far as "helping" while I do not feel as though I have more energy taking my vitamins I am sick a lot less and on the off chance that I do get sick it lasts only a couple of days.

You can get all your micro nutrients from food, it's possible but not probable, so I take a multivitamin just in case. However OP, all of the vitamins you listed you can easily get from food. I'm wondering why you chose those? There are a lot of others you can take that you might be deficient in your diet, but not really those.

Also, I'm not an expert or trying to spout of facts or anything but isn't it true that some vitamins are not really beneficial without certain other vitamins to interactive with, like Calcium and Vitamin D. How do you know that your vitamin cocktail is correct? Just curious, I always wonder about supplements.

I only take a multivitamin, fish oil (helped lower my cholesterol with no change in diet) and vitamin D (recommended by a doctor due to deficiency). During the winter I take supplements like ColdFX or additional vitamin C if I'm feeling close to sickness/everyone around me is sick. I've tried hair/nail supplements but noticed no difference. I also like having vitamin E capsules on hand for dry skin...I open them up and rub the oil in.

Hi Murphy!
This is part of why I asked the question!

I have come up with these vitamins because I read of their benefits. And I've seen results for myself I'm interested to learn more about what you've said regarding other vitamins interacting and will look more into that, thanks!

Yes, I understand I can get them from my food-- but I take them so I don't have to worry so much about whether I've gotten my "dose" or not. My fiance and I eat healthy and I track calories, but I think I'd go insane if I tried to calculate how many vitamins I was getting as well.

For me, this is a good solution.

Thanks for the input!

I agree, trying to track micro-nutrients is a beast! I've done it a few times with the juice's I make but it's just an approximation and I do it just to make sure I'm not deficient in anything major, but it's not an every day thing, so I take a multi :-)

Glad to hear the vitamins are working for you! I'm "pro vitamin" so I don't care where you get them from lol

D3 & B12 - because my MD said so. :P

Multivitamin
Fish Oil -- I rarely eat fish
Ginger Root -- for motion sickness
Biotin -- occasionally, it's low on my vitamin priority

Womens one a day multivitamin
1000mg Omega 3
Milk Thistle
Zinc
Magnesium
B100
Refrigerated Probiotic

Hi all.

I'm here not to debate taking vitamins or not, but how to track them best with MFP.
I do take them. They work for me.

But, I'm switching my regimen for a while to combat some hair loss issues. Between regular vitamins I take for daily health, workout supplements, and now this hair regimen, its a lot to take and keep track of. I do also juice regularly, so I am not really deficient in any areas, but vitamins/supplements of course can be useful to overcome certain ailments.

Other than creating an Google docs to keep track of what I am taking and why, I haven't found a good solution. I want something to remind me WHEN to take them, and how many. Some require food to take them, otherwise I'll get nauseous. My GNC daily vitamin pack is like 7 pills alone. Adding to this any other "individual vitamins" like iron, magnesium....that's a lot of pills to pop.

I do want to stay on top of it, but hoping someone has a good app as a solution or a way to do with with MFP.