Supplements---What do you take?

Multivites & 2 protein shakes daily

Multivitamin & Minerals
Garlic
Omega fish oil

I take nothing. I get all my nutrients from food. IMO Thats where they should come from.

Thats all good and well if you actually LIKE those foods. I know that if I don't like the food I'm eating while I'm trying to lose weight I won't stick to it. Hence, the supplements.

what foods do you think have vitamins??? foods that are nutritous usually taste good. how do you not like food? supplements are un necessary. and can sometimes do more harm than good.

Fermented cod liver oil

It was my doctor that informed me of the latest research on vitamins. I was asking her if I should take some calcium due to my gastic bypass and she told me that it could do more harm than good because of the latest research. Everyone I know has been affected by cancer, eating fruits and veggies and clean food is the way I am helping myself. You can do what you want. I am just sharing what I do. In my experience though, when people get defensive about advice they are wishing to recieve, it might be wise to look inwards instead of attacking the advice given. I did this about gluten and now I don't touch the stuff. Getting vitamins from healthy food is the best way. It is also possible to teach yourself to like fruits and veggies, I have and my body is thanking me for it. Oh and vitamins are in fact processed junk that you are referring to. If you are belching up vitamin stench, there is something seriously wrong. There is no evidence to prove that vitamins help one way or the other. You can either think it through or follow what everyone else is doing without thought. It is of course your choice. It seems really silly to me to even thinking about taking a carb blocker, why not just eat less carbs? And why take vitamins unless you absolutely know for a fact that you need them?? But if you would like to make the vitamin companies rich, be my guest. oh and most vitamins contain gelatin which is definitely not vegetarian. But veggies are

Puritan's Pride Woman's Multivitamin (you really can't beat their deals. Usually buy one get one free or buy 2 get 3 free)

It was my doctor that informed me of the latest research on vitamins. I was asking her if I should take some calcium due to my gastic bypass and she told me that it could do more harm than good because of the latest research. Everyone I know has been affected by cancer, eating fruits and veggies and clean food is the way I am helping myself. You can do what you want. I am just sharing what I do. In my experience though, when people get defensive about advice they are wishing to recieve, it might be wise to look inwards instead of attacking the advice given. I did this about gluten and now I don't touch the stuff. Getting vitamins from healthy food is the best way. It is also possible to teach yourself to like fruits and veggies, I have and my body is thanking me for it. Oh and vitamins are in fact processed junk that you are referring to. If you are belching up vitamin stench, there is something seriously wrong. There is no evidence to prove that vitamins help one way or the other. You can either think it through or follow what everyone else is doing without thought. It is of course your choice. It seems really silly to me to even thinking about taking a carb blocker, why not just eat less carbs? And why take vitamins unless you absolutely know for a fact that you need them?? But if you would like to make the vitamin companies rich, be my guest. oh and most vitamins contain gelatin which is definitely not vegetarian. But veggies are

right on. why take a pill to "block carbs" just eat less. is that crazy talk??? actaully control what goes into your body without a pill??? food is where nutrients come from. and not all fruits and veggies and meats and eggs taste bad.

I take nothing. I get all my nutrients from food. IMO Thats where they should come from.

So where do you get your endothelial defense nutrition from? CoQ10? Vitamin D? You have to eat an awful lot of fish to get an adequate amount of Omega 3's into your body.

I would suggest taking a blood test to see what vitamins you are lacking instead of guessing in the dark. There have been recent studies linking supplements to cancer. We are so conditioned into believing that we need them but there is no scientific proof that these artificial vitamins do any good in the first place and may in fact cause irreperable harm. I also do not believe in supplements unless you absolutely need them. I am a pescatarian so I eat only fish. My blood tests recently showed that B12 and iron are issues for me and I am severely anemic because I cannot absorb them through my food (due to a gastric bypass) or even through supplements. I get a B12 shot every 3 months and will be getting an iron infusion every month. Other than that I eat a ton of veggies and they make me and my body feel fantastic.

Sorry but I can't believe that vitamins would cause cancer. Where did this study come from? Who conducted it?

I get my blood tested once a year to figure out where I am health and supplement wise and up as necessary.

It was my doctor that informed me of the latest research on vitamins. I was asking her if I should take some calcium due to my gastic bypass and she told me that it could do more harm than good because of the latest research. Everyone I know has been affected by cancer, eating fruits and veggies and clean food is the way I am helping myself. You can do what you want. I am just sharing what I do. In my experience though, when people get defensive about advice they are wishing to recieve, it might be wise to look inwards instead of attacking the advice given. I did this about gluten and now I don't touch the stuff. Getting vitamins from healthy food is the best way. It is also possible to teach yourself to like fruits and veggies, I have and my body is thanking me for it. Oh and vitamins are in fact processed junk that you are referring to. If you are belching up vitamin stench, there is something seriously wrong. There is no evidence to prove that vitamins help one way or the other. You can either think it through or follow what everyone else is doing without thought. It is of course your choice. It seems really silly to me to even thinking about taking a carb blocker, why not just eat less carbs? And why take vitamins unless you absolutely know for a fact that you need them?? But if you would like to make the vitamin companies rich, be my guest. oh and most vitamins contain gelatin which is definitely not vegetarian. But veggies are

right on. why take a pill to "block carbs" just eat less. is that crazy talk??? actaully control what goes into your body without a pill??? food is where nutrients come from. and not all fruits and veggies and meats and eggs taste bad.

You can not possibly get all the nutritional needs for your body from food alone. I love fruits and veggies and eat them every day however I am not getting my vitamin D from them. I'm not getting my coQ10. I'd have to eat a truck load of fish to get a quarter of the omega 3's my body needs. Vitamins are NOT "Processed Junk". They're called "supplements" because you are "supplementing" what you are already eating to get the nutrition that your body needs. If your body doesn't need it you just pee it out plain and simple. Yes there are vitamins out there that have added fillers and the like but there are also a plethora of supplements that don't. You need to read the labels, as with anything else out there, and make sure there isn't any crap or dyes in the vitamins. We get ours from a reputable company and the only "filler" is what the capsules are made out of. Every thing else is 100% natural and what my body needs.

Don't forget to take your vitamins and supplements with lunch! Don't drink caffeine any time during or before you take your vitamins!

is there a time amount for the caffeine? I did not know that.

and some people can get all their vitamins from food and the sun. The only way to tell is by taking a blood test which is what I said in my first post. If you eat no veggies or fruits then that is on you and believe me you will suffer the consequences. Your body won't absord a pill the way it will absorb the real vitamins directly from the source and that is the fact.

There is a reason the FDA does not put their stam of approval on vitamins. I believe most vitamins are processed junk and you can read a number of articles about it, here is one http://www.webmd.com/breast-cancer/news/20100401/multivitamins-linked-to-breast-cancer-risk

and yet another one http://www.healthcmi.com/index.php/nursingceus/243-vitaminsbreastcancer20899.

I would suggest taking a blood test to see what vitamins you are lacking instead of guessing in the dark. There have been recent studies linking supplements to cancer. We are so conditioned into believing that we need them but there is no scientific proof that these artificial vitamins do any good in the first place and may in fact cause irreperable harm. I also do not believe in supplements unless you absolutely need them. I am a pescatarian so I eat only fish. My blood tests recently showed that B12 and iron are issues for me and I am severely anemic because I cannot absorb them through my food (due to a gastric bypass) or even through supplements. I get a B12 shot every 3 months and will be getting an iron infusion every month. Other than that I eat a ton of veggies and they make me and my body feel fantastic.

There are also tons of studies showing the harm of pesticides that you get mostly from fruits and veggies. Washing can help but doesn't get them all off. Buying organic helps but that can get expensive.

Nothing is a sure thing and studies are often flawed. You have to do the best you can and go with what makes sense to you.