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Supplements

digidoomed
digidoomed Posts: 151 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Does anyone have any supplements they like to take daily? I mean like fish oil, multivitamins, etc. I was thinking of taking melatonin because I really have trouble falling asleep at night

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  • toxikon
    toxikon Posts: 2,383 Member
    There are a few I take regularly:

    - 1 fish oil
    - 1 multi (Kirkland)
    - magnesium (usually just 200mg a couple times a week)
    - prebiotics (for IBS stuff)
    - probiotics (for IBS stuff)
    - vitamin C and vitamin D on occasion

    I take melatonin once and a while.
  • jjpptt2
    jjpptt2 Posts: 5,650 Member
    edited February 2018
    Multi because my diet sucks
    Caffeine because, well, because caffeine
    Whey protein to give me a bit more leeway with the foods I choose
    Advil because I'm old and broken
    Magnesium as a sleep aid
  • etherealanwar
    etherealanwar Posts: 465 Member
    I have fish oil and multi's but I have yet to start taking them even though I should. The multivitamins I have are massive and have a horrible taste to them which is rather off putting. Still I shouldn't have any excuses.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    I take Vitamin D, a mood supplement under supervision of my doc and therapist, and a Flinstones multi-vitamin
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Collagen
    Evening Primrose Oil
    Probiotics
  • 1houndgal
    1houndgal Posts: 558 Member
    I take
    1. Kirkland multivitamin senior
    2. Krill oil.
    3. Coq10
    4. Vit D
  • julie_broadhead
    julie_broadhead Posts: 347 Member
    I take a multi and a magnesium supplement a couple times a week.
  • Marilyn0924
    Marilyn0924 Posts: 797 Member
    I take:
    Multivitamin (Centrum Silver 50+)
    Calcium with Vit D (650mg/400iu)
    Alterra Neuromega Omega 3 (treatment for post-concussion syndrome)
    Magnesium Citrate
  • spzjlb
    spzjlb Posts: 602 Member
    Nothing. I eat well, including fish several times per week.

    I’m perimenopausal and live in a northern region with a long winter, so I should take some vitamin D now and then, but I think the vitamin industry is non-regulated, a bit of a scam and unnecessary for many people. That said, there are times when supplements are helpful (periconceptional folic acid for women, iron/B12 for some, and many other situations...).
  • corinasue1143
    corinasue1143 Posts: 7,460 Member
    Magnesium for sleep
    1 Brazil nut/week
    4 almonds/day
    Vitamin d in winter
  • ladyhusker39
    ladyhusker39 Posts: 1,406 Member
    The only thing that came back low on my last round of tests was my vit d so I supplement for that.
  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,208 Member
    digidoomed wrote: »
    Does anyone have any supplements they like to take daily?

    I don't really "like" to take any pills, but i do take a couple. Vit. D3, because my doctor recommended it that i take it. A multivitamin twice a week, since i eat pretty healthy. Magnesium occasionally. I prefer to get fish oil from fish.

    Why do you ask?
    spzjlb wrote: »
    I’m perimenopausal and live in a northern region with a long winter, so I should take some vitamin D now and then, but I think the vitamin industry is non-regulated

    That's why i look for supplements tested by an independent lab, particularly USP or NSF. Their websites list the supplements they've verified. :+1:
  • jlouber
    jlouber Posts: 11 Member
    I take B vitamins (mthfr), magnesium (migraine), and D (not a lot of sun here at the moment).
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