Vitamins. U take them?

“but I guess that's just something you should do.

what do you take?

I take:
one multi vitamin
600 mg calcium tabs
green tea caps
vitamin c tabs
a Multi-B vitamin
L-Cartine (sp?)
omega 3 gel cap (huge)


all together I have to take 8 pills all at once. I just take them all at one time and hope I don't choke.

if you take them you think that they make u feel better or is it just a waste of money?
last edited: 1/09/05 11:43:44 AM”

“I take a few...

2 multivitamins
3 Fish oil/omega 3
3 glucosimine and chondroitin

I dont really know if they work. The glucosimine hasnt been shown definitively to work in people but has been used with verifiable results in dogs and horses so I figure it cant hurt. I feel great though I eat very well and excercise often . I dont know which gets the credit.”

“I take a multi vitamin for Men and Glucosamine & Chondrotin triple strength. The G & C helps maintain healthy joints and carlidge. I can tell a difference since I started taking them”

“Gemini, I got it before you changed it ;)
last edited: 1/09/05 11:47:36 AM”

“I take a women's multi-vitamin every day”

“can you guys really tell a difference since taking the G&C? hmm... I need to start taking one more I guess.

Ewker :P
I wonder if it makes a huge difference taking a womens vitamin. I do take the multivitamin with the minerals, algea and all the other stuff. (I am big into the super food vitamins, but I am also out of them right now) I am out of it right now, so I am taking a cheap multi right now. I think I can feel a difference, but I could be imagining it too.

Before someone sais something..I do watch that I don't take too much of certain vitamins. I got to be more careful with the B vitamins, but they do make me feel better.”

“I take a multi-vitamin, and a whey protein shake, (optimum nutrition) one in the morning and one after I workout in the evening.”

“oh, i am not counting the designer whey i drink. i am actually one of those that likes them.”

“yeah I actually like whey also, the new cookies N cream by optimum, is great...”

“"Eating her curds and whey...."”

“i do all those unhealthy things to my body...

drink coffee
stay up late, get up early.
drink alcohol once in a while.
take pain killers if I am in pain.
used to smoke all sorts of stuff
there got to be more...that can't be the only unhealthy things I do or did in life.
oh gosh yeah...a long time ago...I cleaned the bathroom with amonia(I think that's what it was) and bleach at the same time. I even had the door closed. I realized that it wasnt' the best idea after my nose started bleeding.

Don't say a word!! I know what you all are going to say!! Don't say it!!

and I turn around and...

take vitamins
meditate (don't laugh...)
work out with weights
exercise (other then weights, run, hike, etc..)
run
hike
backpack
laugh

u think it somehow evens out?
last edited: 1/09/05 12:29:17 PM”

“what is a curd anyway?..lol”

“I take the ones shaped like flinstones.”

“cheese?”

“Gem, I can't comment on what is in the women's vitamins. Next time your at the store take a multi vitamin for women and compare that to a reg multi vitamin.
I know the one for men has other things than the reg. ones do.

I buy Kroger brand for men. I use to buy GNC's brand but the cost savings to buy Kroger's was cheaper and they contained the same thing. Both brands are probably made by the same company anyway”

“Wmns often have more calcium and iron”

“I take them when I remember to.”

“Banana and black coffee for breakfast.

Apple in the afternoon.”

“I take a bunch of vitamins. I am a GNC girl. A few months ago I switched up to cheaper vitamins and I could tell the difference! I am back to GNC!

Multi
B complex
calcium
L acetyl carnitine
Alpha Lipoic acid
Fish oil
Flax seed oil
extra E and C”

“Tango, you take almost the same stuff I take. what's up with the extra E? Something I don't know about?”

“Nah, just an extra anti-oxidant.”

“The alpha lipoic acid and the l acetyl carnitine work in conjunction with each other. To stop production of free radicals and to remove the ones that are produced.”

“i do take the carnitine, thought i take the alpha lipoic acid too...but can't find it. I may be out out it and completely forgot..or have never taken it. I'm not sure. (need a vitamin for memory loss)”

“Memory? Take Gingko Biloba. It improves oxygen uptake.”

“hahaha, i have that at home, but I keep forgetting to take it. LOL”

“Sounds like I'm not the only one who uses supplements to stay healthy. I absolutely believe they make a difference in my level of health. The only way I can afford everything I use is to buy it all at Swanson Vitamins. They have high quality and have gotten some excellent reports in the health mags.”

“I do get their catalog all the time, and they very affordable. I have never ordered from them though. I may need to try them.”

“whatever you buy at GNC you can buy elsewhere and not go down in quality. At least in Nashville they have lowered their prices to compete with other brands.”

“a couple years ago I used a multi vitamin that cost $30 for 30 days I think. That was the best stuff I have ever had. I don't remember the name anymore, but boy was it worth the price.”

“Nature's Way "Alive" vitamin when i think of it
& a spoonful of Nature's Life Cal, Mag Phos liquid daily

you gals are making me feel vitamin inept!
I have been making great efforts to eat better”

“I use Swanson's catalogue also. I have for years, and i'm really happy with the quality and the price. You can pick from a lot of different well-known brands, besides just the Swanson's brand.”

“My GNC store gives the 20% off all the time with the gold card.”

“yeah my local GNC store does too. I buy there a lot so he gives me great deals, some reduced much higher then 20%.”

“"gold card", is that like an old people's thing?

Fruit and vegetables....avoid processed foods.......no hydrogenated oils!!!

Kiss the French fries goodbye.”

“I had that Gold card, paid my year fee to keep it. Then I realized that all that 20% off does is to bring you down to what everyone else is paying for vitamins.”

“I rarely eat meat and not too many fruits or vegetables, so my mom bought me vitamins and I try to remember to take them.

If you are a pre-menopausal or menopausal woman, you need to take calcium, because bone loss starts. I'm not there yet, but I may start taking 600mg of calcium a day.

There is a science to taking various vitamins. Certain vitamins needs to be taken with other vitamins for better aborption. I heard calcium is best taken at night.”

“You should take calcium before you are pre-menopause. Especially if you don't eat food with lots of calcium. I am not a big milk drinker, nor do I eat alot of other milk products, thus...I take addional calcium.

Hmm...who knows I may be pre-meno...”

“I guess old people should take vitamins..... ;)”

“U're right, can't argue with you on that. got to remember i am a Grandma! Got to take care of myself or I'll fall apart.”

“multivitamin
calcium with D
gingko biloba
G&C
B-50
400IU E

Lips, my DR told me to start taking calcium when I turned 35 or 40 (you can tell how well the gingko works, LOL)

I keep wanting to order my vitamins from Dr Weil, but it seems so expensive...
He had an update recently on his vitamin E recommendations - he used to recommend 400IUs 2 times a day, but now has backed off to once a day. As usual, I processed the info and then it fell out of my brain, so I don't remember exactly what he said. :)”

“twig, I heard it was confirmed that gingko did not help with memory.

You really need to ask your physician or better yet, get a good library book about vitamins to see how many mg you need to take. Too little won't help and too much can harm you.

Gemini and twig, thanks for the calcium tip. Gemini, if you were premenopause, you would have symptoms. I don't know if you can be premeno and not have symptoms. Maybe so. I was just waiting for signs, but maybe it's good to take the calcium like you both said incase you don't have signs.

My mom just said my brother received a load of vitammins from the mail, so I guess he gets a good deal online. I would imagine Costco has good deals.

I think if you buy cheap vitamins, the pills tend to be big like horse pills.


FOR WOMEN: The news is reporting that olive oil can suppress a breast cancer gene. They never tell you how much you have to ingest to get the benefit. I'm always suspicious that it's a lot.”

“Now that I am around pesticides more frequently, yes, I take vitamins.

Vitamin K1 is the antidote for anticoagulant rat poison, btw.”

“I noticed some time ago that my memory was starting to fail me. I started to take a pill to help me remember things. After that, I cut it back to only half a tablet every other day; I decided I didn't want to remember everything.”

“hahaha, i am not pre meno yet. Pre insane maybe, but that's it. :)

hobbit...yeah... sort a like me. really don't want to remember everythign.”

“I think they call it perimenopause, and I don't look forward to it. I think you slowly start to get hot flashes, which older women have told me are very uncomfortable.”

“Hot flashes and night sweats vary in their severity. There are many other symptoms of perimenopause and menopause as well, like anxiety, depression, etc...not every woman experiences all symptoms or to the same degree.

I don't want to remember everything either, but it would be nice to be able to pull certain things from the depths of my brain, LOL...”

“yeah, so I take a million vitamins.
I nowe added Move Free by Schiff. It's a join strengthener: Glucosamine, Chondroitin plus msm.

120 of those pills cost me $30, and I have to take 4 daily.

Are the worth it or is there a cheaper alternative. Shoot...$30 could buy me gear.”

“You could continue to hurt and deteriorate. Works for me!



Actually I have been looking for a Glucosamine supplement, but all I can find is the chloride instead of the sulfate, which is supposed to be a lot better.
last edited: 4/28/05 12:41:12 PM”

“I am actually not hurting that much, I feel my knees after running 6 miles, but that's it.

So I am taking them more for prevention I guess.”

“buy the glucosamine from a vet for horses and package your own gel caps if you want to save money”