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What supplements/vitamins do you take?

Rlavigne93
Rlavigne93 Posts: 119 Member
edited March 1 in Food and Nutrition
Mostly I'm curious. Just trying to get an idea of what other people like to take, and if there's anything I may want to add. I'm big on vitamins.

I'm currently taking:
Multivitamin (GNC Ultra Mega Active for women)
Fish Oil (Also GNC)
Magnesium
Folic Acid
Flaxseed Oil (it was on sale)
Probiotic
1 oz Apple Cider Vinegar (with plenty of water)

I split them up half in the morning and half before dinner. I heard it helps your body absorb them if you don't take everything all at once.
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  • LucasEVille
    LucasEVille Posts: 567 Member
    Used to take:

    Bulk powders Complete Multivit
    Thermo (with those rapsberry ketones, green tea and all the other crap that magically cures everything)
    Non caf thermo
    Flax Seed Oil / High strength omega 3
    CLA
    BLAH BLAH

    Now:
    Simple multivit


    Difference? None.
  • beautifulwarrior18
    beautifulwarrior18 Posts: 914 Member
    I take Multivit, calcium, fishoil

    That's it.
  • katew221
    katew221 Posts: 82 Member
    Pro biotic pastilles called Bimuno Ibaid for IBS
    Peppermint oil capsules from Boots for IBS
    Garcinia Cambogia, for energy and weight loss - yes, I love it, no I don't feel I am wasting my money, I have my reasons, please don't waste your precious time and energy hating on me/it/the world keyboard warriors!

    And one that I just started - Agnus Castus (Also known as Vitex) hopefully to help with my PCOS.

    :smile:
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    B complex and iron blend (I'm deficient in iron and I don't eat meat often) and fish oil (hypertriglycemia). So they're more like a treatment than a supplement.
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    Fish oil. vitamin D, and Metafolin
  • lamps1303
    lamps1303 Posts: 432 Member
    Tonalin CLA and vitamin D. Although I am considering taking a generic multi-vitamin. Curious to know people's thoughts on CLA. I really don't think it works and isn't cheap!
  • Rianne90
    Rianne90 Posts: 227 Member
    I take a multivitamin for skin/hair/nails, fish oil and extra vitamin B12.
  • DR2501
    DR2501 Posts: 660 Member
    Iron
    Magnesium
    Vitamin C
    Zinc
    Omega 3
    Whey protein
  • shapelyJ
    shapelyJ Posts: 57 Member
    Iron supplement on my doctors orders.. Idiopatic anemia here! Woop woop :sick:

    Sometimes I'll take vitamin C supplements, but that's just because they're so delicious! ;D
  • leahraskie
    leahraskie Posts: 260 Member
    Gummy multivitamins, they have lower values so I don't get sick from them.
  • LoneWolf_70
    LoneWolf_70 Posts: 1,151 Member
    BCAA
    Forzaone MInt Choc Chip Protein
    Vitamin A, D, C, B12
    Flaxseed, Omega 3 Fish Oil.

    Then I randomly take these little blue pills to see what pops up.
  • LoneWolf_70
    LoneWolf_70 Posts: 1,151 Member
    oh, also, a sh1t ton of fibercon.
  • kessler4130
    kessler4130 Posts: 150 Member
    Orange Triad Multi Vitamin
    Fish Oil
    Vitamin D
    MTS Whey Protein
    Cellucore Alpha Aminos Intra Workout
  • justcallmedave
    justcallmedave Posts: 115 Member
    MgSo4
    Fish Oil
    garlic and horseradish
  • aeb09
    aeb09 Posts: 424 Member
    Magnesium
    Potassium chloride

    I was having terrible leg cramps from being low on potassium so now I make my own Gatorade with it.
  • dlr165
    dlr165 Posts: 118 Member
    Potassium and calcium. Can't live without the Potassium. Too many leg cramps!
  • maria_antoinette
    maria_antoinette Posts: 239 Member
    I take:

    1 Multivitamin
    EPA ( Fish Oil )
    Vitamin D

    Melatonin *recently to help with sleep * FYI IT WORKS...
  • jmt08c
    jmt08c Posts: 343 Member
    Creatine
    BCAAs
    multivitamin
  • ValGogo
    ValGogo Posts: 2,168 Member
    chondroitin/glucosamine
    vitamin b chewable (yummy)
    fish oil
    calcium

    just ran out of daily multi-vite.
  • fallingwave
    fallingwave Posts: 108 Member
    Not pregnant but I take a prenatal (like a multi vitamin but has iron)
    Potassium Chelate
    Biotin
  • karllundy
    karllundy Posts: 1,490 Member
    None.
  • LastMinuteMama
    LastMinuteMama Posts: 590 Member
    B12 - 5,000 mcg

    Without it, I am a lethargic slug who can't even think straight.
  • kait_marie24
    kait_marie24 Posts: 99 Member
    - ashwaganda
    - rhodiola
    - st johns wort
    - biotin
    - l glutamine
    - fish oil
    - green tea extract
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    Calcium with Vitamin D
    Ginger
    Fish Oil

    I used to take more stuff, but think it's a waste of money. Maybe Vitamin D, but my blood tests were all normal in June.
  • ExistingFish
    ExistingFish Posts: 1,259 Member
    I am nursing and about to start TTC our second, while losing weight (fun!)

    I take

    Garden of Life RAW prenatal multi
    New Chapter Organics Wholemega Prenatal (Alternate with Garden of Life Ocean's Mom, because Wholemega is expensive)
    Vitamin D3 (Up&Up) 3000 IU
    Calcium Citrate (Citrical Plus) with Magnesium
    Magnesium Citrate

    And I'm about to add Metamucil...because I apparently don't eat nearly enough fiber.
    AndLife Extension Whey Protein powder (from grass fed cows) But is that really more a food?
  • kshadows
    kshadows Posts: 1,315 Member
    Right now I take:

    ItWorks! Hair, Skin, Nails
    ItWorks! Confianza
    Vitamin D
    Probiotic
    Iron supplement
  • ToughMudderAddict
    ToughMudderAddict Posts: 290 Member
    Right now, nothing..

    Once winter hits here in dreary Washington state..

    Vitamin D & maybe Calcium
  • SeptemberLondon
    SeptemberLondon Posts: 151 Member
    Then I randomly take these little blue pills to see what pops up.
    This made me LOL!
  • xmichaelyx
    xmichaelyx Posts: 883 Member
    If you eat a good diet, have no health problems, and aren't a nursing mother, almost all vitamins are a waste of time and money. The science behind them -- ALL of them -- is shaky and at best contradictory.

    For every peer-reviewed article you can show me about BCAAs, fish oil, and multivitamins, I can either tear apart the methodology, or show you a peer-reviewed article showing the opposite.

    The one exception is vitamin D. I live in Las Vegas, where people are almost always inside and never see the sun. So vitamin D supplementation is a good idea.

    (It's pretty fascinating to see guys who are very scientific in their workouts and laugh at "broscience" when it comes to lifting take a handful of fish oil, magnesium, and other pointless crap every day, just because some guy getting paid to endorse it told them to.)
  • SeptemberLondon
    SeptemberLondon Posts: 151 Member
    Bump
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