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What vitamins are you guys/gals taking???

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  • MommKatt
    MommKatt Posts: 5 Member
    I think what you are taking sounds good. I take the GNC Longevity healthy aging program when I remember. It has vitamins C. E,B-6and B-12, calcium and zinc and fish oil. It also has a memory blend but I always forget to take them. I do hate the smell of some of them, but I can usually get most of them down. You do have to take them with meals or just after. I hope you find a vitamin that agrees with you. If your vitamin has iron, that may be too hard on your stomach. I used to have to take an iron supplement when I was younger...yuck.
  • Dave198lbs
    Dave198lbs Posts: 8,810 Member
    whatever you decide, stay away from GNC. Over priced hype. Get from amazon or other online store. Bodybuilding.com has good prices also.
  • deniseearheart
    deniseearheart Posts: 919 Member
    whatever you decide, stay away from GNC. Over priced hype. Get from amazon or other online store. Bodybuilding.com has good prices also.




    ok :-)
  • tehzephyrsong
    tehzephyrsong Posts: 435 Member
    +1 vote for gummy vitamins. Love those things.

    Apparently I had a pretty severe Vitamin D3 deficiency; my doctor put me on a supplement of 10,000 units/day for a week, then stepped me down to 5,000 units/day, then down to 1,000 units/day. And then I went to Russia, somehow forgot the bottle of supplements that my mom gave me (or the TSA took my vitamins, either way I don't have them with me now), and I went from taking 1000 units of D3 per day to 200.

    I feel OK, but I felt OK when I had the D3 levels of a post-menopausal woman, so I guess I'll see where I'm at when I get home.

    I've also been told that a B12 supplement wouldn't be a bad idea, though I haven't started that, and I had fish oil capsules and then just neglected to buy more when that bottle ran out. I don't get the fishy burps or anything, I just never got around to it. I should start taking them again.
  • rahrahrita
    rahrahrita Posts: 225 Member
    I take echinacea, calcium, lutein, spirulina, one-a-day, biotin, probiotics, and fish oil.
    Did you take the vitamins on an empty stomach? I've done that once.. bad idea.

    And I watch Brenda Lee Turner from Leansecrets and she recommended 5HTP as an appetite suppressant, but I took it a couple times and I could not sleep!! I've never ever had sleeping problems before, so I stopped taking it. It might work for other people though..
  • nsblue
    nsblue Posts: 331 Member
    What you take depends on your input... i eat 1200 cal n sometimes under so my blood is checked every 3 months because of this to stay ontop of any deficiencies.
    I take a multivitamin every day as well as B100 complex, B12, Vitamin D, Biotin, Calcium, Iron, Omega 3 soft gels, Senokot & Colace.
  • itgeekwoman
    itgeekwoman Posts: 804 Member
    I don't take any vitamins.
    I get all my vitamins and minerals from my foods daily. They are more likely to be absorbed in higher quantities and don't have to make my liver do extra work.
  • nsblue
    nsblue Posts: 331 Member
    anyone in weightloss..especially with an amount to lose should take vitamin D ... i was told by my doctor. Also any woman in menopause should take calcium and vitamin D.

    Due to weightloss..one may experience hair loss... hence why i take biotin...it promotes hair regrowth.
  • wahmx3
    wahmx3 Posts: 638 Member
    I take a multi vitamin, multi mineral (which includes calcium), probiotic, omega 3 capsule, grape seed extract (helps with blood circulation, I get fewer migranes), and glucosamine.
  • sxci8
    sxci8 Posts: 24
    iron and vitamin c
  • phoenix8633
    phoenix8633 Posts: 137 Member
    I take vitamin B,C and E.
  • swisspea
    swisspea Posts: 327 Member
    I take an iron + vit. C supplement (I don't eat meat), a probiotic, magnesium powder, and in the winter I take calcium/vit. D. In the summer I think I get enough calcium in fresh green veggies and sunshine so I don't continue to take them. I don't think I need any else, as I try to get all my nutrients from food.
  • margojr4
    margojr4 Posts: 259 Member
    Calcium, vitamin D, B100 complex, Tonalin CLA
  • jmxxiiii
    jmxxiiii Posts: 231 Member
    I take them ALL after I eat, or they will hurt my stomach as well

    Women's one a day
    biotin 5000 mg
    folic acid 400 mg
    bee pollen
    vitex
    red raspberry leaf caps
  • soontobesam
    soontobesam Posts: 714 Member
    I take a Women's One Day - I had to cut every pill in half because I found taking the whole pill would send me into a headspin and I'd feel ill for a little. So I only take half and I ONLY take it after eating.

    I also take a Super B Complex.
  • TeachTheGirl
    TeachTheGirl Posts: 2,091 Member
    I take a prenatal vitamin, vitamin D3, fish oil and iron supplements.
  • glenr79
    glenr79 Posts: 283 Member
    I take advocare multi's, advocare omegaplex.... google dr oz advocare and fish oil... advocare puts the highest quality into their supplements. Dr Oz did a study on the highest quality Fish oil, and only advocare and one other company was up at the top. 30-40% of companies were just giving you a filler and a synthetic fish oil just so they can make money. If you get your vitamins or fish oil from walgreens, wal-mart, ekerds, sam's club you are just taking a filler and wasting your money... once again I say google dr oz and advocare and fish oil
  • jennyerkes
    jennyerkes Posts: 11 Member
    I prefer the liquid vitamins because then you know your body is absorbing them. I take Genesis Pure's Nutrition which is packed full of nutrients!! Of course this also HAS to be taken with food!! Try going a day without your vitamin and see if you notice a difference. If you don't, try a new one because the one you are taking isnt doing anything for you!!
  • jgondor
    jgondor Posts: 145 Member
    i prefer to take my vitamins in gummy form. it makes it more enjoyable :smile:
  • DonnaRe2012
    DonnaRe2012 Posts: 298 Member
    everyday:

    multi-vitamin
    calcium
    magnesium
    fish oil
    glucosamine/chondrotin ( :frown: knees)
  • DonnaRe2012
    DonnaRe2012 Posts: 298 Member
    One a Day has a new womens multi called Pettites. You take two a day (kinda funny) but its easier then trying to swallow a pill with jagged edges. Also your body can absorb more of the supplement if you take it in smaller doses, I take one with breakfast and one with dinner.
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