Does anyone use vitamins?

I just take women's One A Day

If you eat a well balanced diet with a variety of different vegetables and fruits, you rarely need any additional supplements.
The exception would be if you are deficient in a particular vitamin or mineral, but your GP will be able to tell you that. Don't just assume or guess.
Usually taking additional supplements merely gives you expensive urine, but too much of anything will become toxic.

Bottom line, only take what is missing from an otherwise healthy diet.

I'm vitamin D deficient so I take 1,000 IU daily. I take a men's one a day to cover my bases.

I also take a magnesium supplement (Drs. Best) as it was recommended to me for a lot of cramping and whatnot after rides...seems to do the trick.

I take a generic multivitamin, prescription strength vitamin d (50000mg), magnesium, and calcium. Taking all these still leaves me deficient because I have absorption issues and if I don't take these I have serious issues. I get my bloodwork done every 6 months because of this, so I'm not sure if I count as I take vitamins for medical reasons?

erienneb66 wrote: »

... if I don't take these I have serious issues... I'm not sure if I count as I take vitamins for medical reasons?

Pretty sure that counts.

Autumn336 wrote: »

Hey guys!

I've been thinking of starting to use multivitamins not just for weight loss but for all around health. But, I found myself in Kroger yesterday not even knowing where to start!

I was wondering if anyone takes vitamins on a regular basis, what their experience is with them, and what kind would be the best?

Any help would be great!

multivitamins will do nothing for weight loss. it may help if you are low/deficient in something and will help if you dont eat enough foods that have certain vitamins and minerals in them, but it wont help with weight loss.

chelseahatch24 wrote: »

Juniper210 wrote: »

I take a women's one a day Active. I mainly take it because it contains caffeine (I cut out the 3-4 energy drinks I was drinking every day) and because my iron has a tendency to be low. I figure if my body needs any of the other stuff in it, well that's a bonus.

Caffeine?! I need to get that one next

It's not a whole lot, about the same as a cup of coffee. I took them mainly to help stave off the side effects from caffeine withdrawal. It definitely did the trick.

https://www.oneaday.com/womens-active-metabolism

MommyMeggo wrote: »

Juniper210 wrote: »

chelseahatch24 wrote: »

Juniper210 wrote: »

I take a women's one a day Active. I mainly take it because it contains caffeine (I cut out the 3-4 energy drinks I was drinking every day) and because my iron has a tendency to be low. I figure if my body needs any of the other stuff in it, well that's a bonus.

Caffeine?! I need to get that one next

It's not a whole lot, about the same as a cup of coffee. I took them mainly to help stave off the side effects from caffeine withdrawal. It definitely did the trick.

https://www.oneaday.com/womens-active-metabolism

Taking caffeine to avoid caffeine withdrawal. Hmmmm....
(said in a mostly joking tone.) =P

LOL Yeah it definitely sounds a little counter intuitive but I wasn't trying to quit caffeine necessarily, I was just trying to quit the minimum of 3 Rockstars I was having every single day. I'm happy with my one cup of coffee equivalent vitamin over the 720 mg of caffeine I was getting from my blue rockstars. My energy level skyrocketed after I quit. I think I was just going through a constant rush/crash cycle all day everyday.

Nearly everyone in the northern hemisphere is vitamin D deficient. I also suggest that women of childbearing age take Folic Acid to prevent a certain type of birth defect (the defect happens in the first few weeks of gestation, so taking a pregnancy vitamin after the fact won't prevent it).

A women's multivitamin would cover it.

A first-world problem is the multiplicity of options available to you. Don't miss the tree in the forest. Just pick one.

I do have known deficiencies so I pick up the vitamins I need wherever I see them on sale or in the discount aisle. I even bought a bottle of teen multivitamins because it had everything I needed including the Folic Acid. Plus they smelled fruity. It made me wonder what manufacturers think they know about their buying market.