Do you take Vitamins?

My diet is extremely strict to reach athletic performance results. I take specific vitamins/supplements to fill in the gaps.

I take a multi (that has iron)...check labels. I have trouble keeping my iron level up.

Keep in mind that not all MFP food entries will be complete for nutrients (member created entries especially).

Rather than taking multis, I take individuals so I can get the dosages and forms I want. (I do take a B complex.) I have tested deficient for D and iron (I'm anemic) so take those. I take kelp because I don't get enough iodine in my diet otherwise, and have valid reasons for the other things I take.

I take around 50-60 various caps a day.

Yes plus calcium and vitamin D as I am post menapausal and my bone density is decreasing (another good reason for lifting).

Just a recommendation, I'd have my blood work done with a Dr, you have to ask to get vitamins pulled as well, because they're not part of the typical annual workup. I'd have them go over it with you and suggest vitamins if you're deficient. Most Docs will suggest a multi, especially for women during child bearing age, but again, not all. Supplementing vitamins you don't need, especially, fatty vitamins that are not water soluble, can negatively affect your health. It can also interfere with absorbing other nutrients, causing the opposite of what you were going for.

I do take a multivitamin. My doctor says it's okay as an "insurance policy", but it probably just equates to expensive urine as I have no known dietary deficiencies.

I just have some pills from CVS. 200 pills, 1 per day, on sale 2 for ten

I'm currently finishing off some Trader Joe's women high potency a friend gave me.

I take a women's once daily. It's hard to get all your micronutrient bases covered in a day, stay under your calories, and still have room for a treat. The multi allows me to treat myself every once in a whole and not feel like I'm "missing out" on nutrients. I'm considering going on a multi-mineral as well, since most multivitamins don't cover mineral requirements very well due to the limitations of tablet sizing.

I always enjoy the links you provide as it gives food(yes a pun) for thought. It would seem eating a cup of collards(Vit K 1058% DV) and some fatty fish like mackerel, salmon, or tuna(rich in Vitamin D) and have a little grass fed or non grass fed butter seems to improve the intake naturally of the deficient items you reference above. You may want to have a serving of gouda or brie for a little K2 kicker. I try to eat naturally to 'keep the saw sharp' or 'eat efficiently' for health and avoid supplementing since too much of one of the supplements above leads to excessive bleeding and kidney stones.

I wish Dr Mercola, when citing studies, would provide the links because tracking the stuff down is pretty tough.

'The next best thing to dietary vitamin K2 is a vitamin K2 supplement. MK-7 is the form you'll want to look for in supplements, because in a supplement form the MK-4 products are actually synthetic.'

I wonder what the 3rd best thing would be?!? So, I take very few if any supplements ever. A diet with a balance of nutrient dense foods isn't going to require me to supplement. Best of luck OP.

I take a multivitamin, biotin for my nails as a maybe help (which are a bit wrecked from psoriatic arthritis) and a supplement cocktail prescribed by my neurologist as part of my migraine treatment protocol. If I weren't an ovo-lacto veggie who gets plenty of dietary calcium, my doctor would have me supplementing with calcium. I get loads in my diet, though and she thinks it's enough.

lifeextension.com/magazine/2009/1/vitamin-k-protection-against-arterial-calcification-bone-loss-cancer-aging/page-01

@_Terrapin_ I agree we need quality articles with research noted. On page three of the above article you will find 69 references that are mentioned in this 2009 LifeExtention article. I actually take their Super K with advanced K2 complex because of the science in the above article.

Check out the info under the heading of WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: PROTECTION AGAINST ARTERIAL CALCIFICATION, BONE LOSS, CANCER, AND AGING! It is one page 1 of this 3 page article.

@Phrick that is awesome that you have a doctor on top of the Vit D3/K2 relationship and protection against diseases. After I learned about K2 and especially MK-7 and how one can not overdose on it per trials and it seems to protect from overdosing on Vit D3 I finally got my Vit D level up into the 90's after being stuck in the 20's for years. Protection against cancers seems to become strong with Vit D levels in the 70-90 levels from what I have read. I have family that have had heart bypass surgeries and as I read that is really a sign of low Vit D and K2 levels.

Vit D will drive calcium from the gut to the body. Vit K2 is computer that tells Vit D where to deliver the calcium or to remove it if the calcium has been put into the wrong places in the past like the arteries, heart valves, etc.

After my Vit D levels got into the 90 range my gums stopped bleeding when flossing and the hard plaque that normally had to be scraped off at the dental office visit disappeared. I read if we have dental plaque then we should expect to have plaque build up in our arteries/heart.

Using Vit D3 and Vit K2 to clean my arteries vs heart bypass surgery makes sense to me.

GaleHawkins wrote: »

lifeextension.com/magazine/2009/1/vitamin-k-protection-against-arterial-calcification-bone-loss-cancer-aging/page-01

@_Terrapin_ I agree we need quality articles with research noted. On page three of the above article you will find 69 references that are mentioned in this 2009 LifeExtention article. I actually take their Super K with advanced K2 complex because of the science in the above article.

Check out the info under the heading of WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: PROTECTION AGAINST ARTERIAL CALCIFICATION, BONE LOSS, CANCER, AND AGING! It is one page 1 of this 3 page article.

@Phrick that is awesome that you have a doctor on top of the Vit D3/K2 relationship and protection against diseases. After I learned about K2 and especially MK-7 and how one can not overdose on it per trials and it seems to protect from overdosing on Vit D3 I finally got my Vit D level up into the 90's after being stuck in the 20's for years. Protection against cancers seems to become strong with Vit D levels in the 70-90 levels from what I have read. I have family that have had heart bypass surgeries and as I read that is really a sign of low Vit D and K2 levels.

Vit D will drive calcium from the gut to the body. Vit K2 is computer that tells Vit D where to deliver the calcium or to remove it if the calcium has been put into the wrong places in the past like the arteries, heart valves, etc.

After my Vit D levels got into the 90 range my gums stopped bleeding when flossing and the hard plaque that normally had to be scraped off at the dental office visit disappeared. I read if we have dental plaque then we should expect to have plaque build up in our arteries/heart.

Using Vit D3 and Vit K2 to clean my arteries vs heart bypass surgery makes sense to me.

Am reading the link from above; parts of page 1 remind me of Stephen Covey and the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. I'm trying to remember the last time I read a medical paper using phraseology like 'synergistic' as a way to describe something. Interesting information. I'm not sure these 2 vitamin supplements will clean arteries. I'll have to check with my dentist about the plaque on my teeth relative to plaque in other areas. I'm fairly certain the dental staff will recommend brushing for plaque removal. Not quite sure I can brush my heart.

The smell of vitamins makes me gag. Maybe I should take them - I don't know. But I'm pretty sure if I try, they won't stay down. I once threw up in a pharmacy from the smell. Granted, I was 4, but I'm pretty sure I'd have a similar reaction today.