What supplements do you take?

Unless you have a specific deficiency, a simple multivitamin is more than enough.

If you are taking medications for high blood pressure, consult your doctor before taking any supplements, herbal or otherwise, as they can interact, suppress, or enhance the medicine's effects unpredictably.

I take:
- Garden of Life's Women's Once Daily 50 Billion
- Nordic Naturals Arctic Cod-D Liquid fish oil
- Get Real Nutrition's Real Omega Brain
- Get Real Nutrition's Fermented Superjuice
- Raspberry-Lemon Natural Calm
- Nutra-Bio Vitamin C with Rosehips

Those are the regular ones, anyway. I take other supplements as needed, such as digestive enzymes or papaya enzymes when something that I ate doesn't agree with me, or Garden of Life's Sinus-something (I forgot the rest of the name!) when I'm sick and have sinus issues. Chestal Honey for when I'm congested. I take B-12 and Niacin on occasion, as well, although not every day.

Oh, and I sometimes will put a few spoons of spirulina or chlorella into my nightly smoothie if I feel that I haven't gotten enough greens.

As far as your high blood pressure goes...You really shouldn't mix stuff with your medication (if you're on any) until you talk to your doctor first. Combining some of these with high blood pressure medication can cause your blood pressure to drop too much, but here's my suggestions for supplements to help regulate blood pressure:
- Magnesium (citrate, malate, glycenate, or chloride forms) - acts as a vasodilator, which makes blood flow more easily and causes blood pressure to lower as a result. Can also help alleviate stress, which can also lower blood pressure.
- Hawthorn - Can help regulate blood pressure to normal levels in both ways (raise low blood pressure and lower high blood pressure).
- Fish Oil/Omega 3's - Act as general anti-inflammatories, and are a good idea for anyone with cardiovascular issues to take. They can also thin blood a little bit, which can help it flow through veins and arteries more easily.

Sipping on tea made from hibiscus petals is another traditional alternative medicine treatment for high blood pressure. 2-3 cups throughout the day. You can sweeten it with a little honey, if you like.

I only take iron tablets now as I'm slightly anaemic, I get anything else I need from my diet.
Foods high in potassium can help lower blood pressure, though I don't know how much you'd need daily or to what extent it would lower blood pressure.

ChristopherLimoges wrote: »

A lot of on the shelf multivitamins these days contain way less than what they say, in amount, and organic matter. I've used Garden of Life, and Mega Foods Multivitamins. Both are good, USDA Organic, Non GMO Certified, and more.

Organic and non gmo items are a waste of money compared to the "traditional" version.

AdvoCare Spark and Catalyst Amino Acid. Multivitamin.

I simply just take a womans daily multivitamin, fish oil in pill form and vitamin b12 daily

While i workout i only sip on bcaas i dont take any pre work outs or fat burners or anything like that.

cronus70 wrote: »

I'm currently using Pre and Post Jym, Vita Jym and ZMA Jym, I'm on the look out for a decent capsulated fish oil as Omega Jym isn't available in the UK. I've stuck with the one brand for pretty much all of my supplements (apart from protein powders) as imo it's a good range and highly rated. At my age I need all the help I can get to build muscle while shedding body fat

If you're on the lookout I highly highly recommend omega red krill oil. The pill is tiny, doesn't get stuck in your throat, and is vanilla flavored so no fishy burps at all.

I get everything I need from my diet, but on my doctor's recommendation I also take a calcium supplement and a fish oil capsule.

Just iron. Mines always low.

Just your standard multivitamin. I prefer to get the rest from eating the right things