Sigh... who knew there were this many calories in vitamins?!?

age_is_just_a_number · August 2021

Gisel2015 wrote: »

age_is_just_a_number wrote: »

Unless you have a medical condition and your doctor recommends that you take a vitamin, then if you are eating an overall well rounded healthy diet full of a variety of fruits and vegetables then you very likely do not need any vitamin supplements except for:
B12 — sometimes referred to as the ‘too clean’ vitamin. Humans used to get vitamin B12 from the soil residue on vegetables. But our vegetables today are too clean all the vitamin b12 is scrubbed off.
D — sometimes referred to as the ‘sun shine’ vitamin. If you spend most days inside or live in the northern hemisphere where daylight in winter is limited. Then you may benefit from a vitamin D supplement.
In any case, you really should talk with your doctor and consider having the vitamin levels in your blood measured. It is only if you measure the levels you already have will you know whether you need to take any supplements.

Good luck!

Stick to the original posting. The OP didn't ask for opinions about taking or not taking vitamins, the OP just wondered about the calories that some vitamins have.

I guess I should have added “you can avoid those calories all together, because chances are you don’t need to take any vitamins. Especially if you are concerned about the calories in those vitamins”, but I didn’t because I thought it was implied by my reply.

socajam · August 2021

I take Vitamin D3 _ 2000 iu and One Daily Iron Free vitamins by MegaFood
They are not cheap, but I much prefer them to others on the market - they are all plant based

springlering62 · August 2021

I realized last month, when planning to reorder, my magnesium citrate capsules had a fair number of calories. ( I take them in quantity, at doctor’s advice, for severe muscle cramps.)

So this time I simply ordered a tablet, well rated, with no calories. Crossing fingers

I felt kinda dumb not even thinking about vitamins having calories.

At one point, I was taking so many vitamins (recommended by doctor) that it felt like they were breakfast. I see several of my friends doing the same. I backed off. It was just too too many.

I would not, however, give up my B12 sublingual (melts under the tongue). They were impossible to get during COVID, because apparently B12 was a “thing”, and shelves were bare. I could tell a difference, both when I ran out, and when I was finally able to replace them with another, ineffective brand. I showered the manufacturer with emails, and they notified me personally when new stock was coming in. I tried self injecting B12 for a while, but it all landed on the bath mat.

Sigh... who knew there were this many calories in vitamins?!?

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