Do you take any dietary supplements and/or vitamins?

I take garlic and fish oil. I'm thinking of adding in a multi-vitamin too. (I just don't eat as well as I use to.)

I figure what the hell....I already have to take pills for AIDS so what's downing a few more?

and a salmon oil. but i usually forget. if you take the fish oil, you should also take a good multi, cause there are co-factors that it needs to really work well.
a gram of epa heavy cold water fish oil has been clinically proven to help mood disorders. and it's good for your heart, too. proven.

given my compromised digestive tract.

I take 2 multi-vitamins every day.

I also chew 2 Tums for the calcium

I take 325 mg of ferrous sulfate

I take 1200 mcg of sublingual B-12

And my diet is heavy on protein.

I can't remeber what stuff they put in it, but it's supposed to be doing me some good.

I was on the phone with my monster in law recently and was holding my fish oil capsule in my hand. I usually like to kind of squeeze them a few times just because they're so squishy and round-y, but this time I was nervous, so I guess I was squeezing pretty hard. I was holding my hand in my lap and POP, the thing exploded all over my shirt and pants. I smelled SO BAD for the rest of the day, and believe it or not, it took 3 washings to get the smell completely out of my clothes.

and glutamine

It makes a huge difference in the way I feel.

so that my body can absorb the nutrients slowly and thoroughly. I also take glucosamine/chondroitin for my lousy joints (bony spurs in both shoulders) along with the usual suspects for my blood pressure, cholesterol and like that...Better living through chemistry, that's my motto!

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I'm always anemic so I had to take them, and oh. my. God! did they ever make me ILL!

nauseous. And the fish oil has a fishy after taste.

I always take mine with breakfast, so the food helps to diminish the fishy aftertaste.

Once I didn't take it with a meal and some woman asked me if I'd had fish for lunch. :o

I was right when I said yuck!!

2 multi-vitamins
3 calcium
3 vitamin D
3 vitamin D&A
1 vitamin C

divided into 3x per day.

I try for 30 grams of liquid protein a day, it's hard some days. My solid food intake is very heavy on the protein. All in all I strive for about 70-80 grams of protein daily. (some days I get there other days I don't) I never forget my 'pills' though.

Walgreens carries a killer multivite that also contains hispiridin, grape seed extract, ginko, and over 70 trace sea minerals including the usual run of vitamins in a multi-vite. Read the ingredients list on the label as they market several multi's.

I also take a B complex for energy and the antioxidants and omega-3 fish oil for the heart.

Hey, I may have expensive urine, but since I tend to eat crap instead of healthy meals, suppliments are beneficial.

Just remember, don't mess around with potassium levels too much as a suppliment. Some doctors recommend increasing potassium in the system for muscle cramps. Potassium is also a heartbeat regulator, and it isn't safe to exceed the recommended daily dose.

(edit for potassium)

Caution on Omega 3's. Do not exceed more than 3000 mg a day or it can interfere with blood clotting. If you take daily aspirin or NSAIDs (motrin, aleve, etc.), take even less. Fish in it's natural form is better, but I have too many concerns about mercury to eat it more than once a week. :(

Chromium Picolinate, Cinnamon Extract, and Alpha-Lipoic Acid for my diabetes. I have to start injecting Insulin, so I guess THAT shit works, eh?

Mega-doses of C in the winter. caught cold anyway
Flax Seed oil.
Multi-vitamin ("Flintstones" for Adults)
Vitamin E.
Glucosamine.
I was taking extra Potassium when I was on Thiazide, but I have discontinued both

I'm dumping everything but the Multi and the Glucosamine. The rest of the shit, the only place I'm feeling anyhting is in my chequebook...

I only bought it because I got a deal on it. It mega-doses the B vitamins and has a ton of antioxidants. I usually don't go in for that stuff, but I started feeling really good shortly after I started taking them.

They seem to be working-my hair is getting a little thicker.

A multi vitamin, calcium (because I'm an old lady who doesn't get nearly enough calcium in her diet), bromalain (a pineapple extract that acts as a natural anti-inflammatory), glucosamine/chondroitin for joint health (because all my joints hurt) and I was taking something to improve memory but I can't remember where I put it. :silly:

Usually eat well enough that I do not really need to taake these vitamins, but I do it anyways. Man reading this list makes me realize how much people waste money because they do not eat well enough.

Multi Vitamin
Hoodia
Diet Supplement
Valerian (sleep aid)
5-HTP
Flax seed oil