what dietary supplements do you take , and why?

[JitterbugPerfume]

I take a multi vitamin

1000 IU D--because I am female and over 65

1,500 calcium (same reason)

1000 vit C-- because I have for years

20mg lutein --for eye health

1000 mcg biotin--for hair nails and skin

glucosomine and condroitin for achy bones (it works)

[Droopy]

1. I take a multi-vitamin

Because I am on a diet and I want to make sure that I get enough of the right nutrients.

[JitterbugPerfume]

24. I diet a lot too Droopy

NO FUN!!!

[zippy890]

2. fish oil - for everything

good for the brain chemistry.

what is lutein? how does it help eyes? I have severe dry eye and take flax seed oil for that but don't know if it helps much

[JitterbugPerfume]

4. my sisters Dr recommended it

and it does seem to help.

I eat salmon and other fatty fish at lest twice a week , and you are right about fish oil!


I put ground flax seed in cereal , smoothies , etc. Maybe that is what is helping, huh?

[supernova]

3. Here's my list

MultiVitamin (Centrum clone from Costco)

400 mcg Vitamin E (rec of Dr Oz, though I think I'm taking less than he recommends)

1000 Calcium (prevent osteoporosis. As a small white woman, I'm really susceptible)

Holy Basil (supposed to support thyroid function)

2g Fish Oil (on the recommendation of Dr Oz)

900 mg St John's Wort Though I don't know if it's really working. I might need to be evaluated for something stronger.

Cinnamon dashed in my coffee. (to regulate blood sugars)

[JitterbugPerfume]

6. Holy Basil for thyroid function?

I think I will try that.

I was taking vit E , but recent reports are saying it doesn't help heart function, so I am kind of on the fence about that one.

do you add the cinnamon to your coffee while brewing, or after? Did I read somewhere that cinnamon raises blood pressure? Mine is ok , so I guess it wouldn't matter in my case.

[supernova]

10. Well, back up I mispoke

Its good for two things apparently... (I had to look it up again.)

It seems to mimmic COX2 painkillers AND help you handle stress, acordding to Hindu folklore.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocimum_tenuiflorum

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

43. Mine

Multivitamin (just because)

Fish oil (high cholesterol)

Garlic (same)

Vitamin C (just because)

[JitterbugPerfume]

57. that is why I take C

just because

[laylah]

5. Garlic oil

for my lungs/bronchial system, milkthistle and dandelion for my liver (got hep c from transfusion when oldest was born in '82), "the purple pill" for my tummy, and lexapro 'cuz I am crrrrrrrrrrazy. Just ask kaghime! :rofl:

[fizzgig]

7. you are crazy

you don't even know what year i was born

:rofl:

[JitterbugPerfume]

8. thats ok sweetie

completely sane people are boring as hell

[LeftyMom]

9. I have a multi but I rarely remember to take it.

That's okay, I eat good food and I really do think that's enough for a healthy person. A little extra when I remember is a nice bonus I guess.

[JitterbugPerfume]

19. you are probably right

but people of a "certain age" do not absorb nutrients like we used 'ta

[Shakespeare]

11. My name is Shakespeare, and I'm a vitamin junkie.

I take enough supplements to choke a horse! I'm too lazy to get up and check dosage amounts, but here's my list:

A six-capsule multi (heavy on calcium and magnesium)
A skin/hair/nails supplement
An eye health supplement with lutein and zeaxanthin
Glucosamine Sulfate for joint health
flax seed oil
selenium for metabolic function
Gamma E (vitamin E)
CLA (burns fat)
L-Carnitine (burns fat and good for cardiac health)
Co-Q10
liver antioxidants capsule
phosphatidyl serine (for ze brain)
"green" foods capsule

[supernova]

16. How much L-Carnitine do you take?

I've been considering add it in.

[Shakespeare]

25. 1500mg, but I take it in liquid form.

I either mix it into a smoothie or pour it into my coffee (it adds no real discernible flavor--it uses glycerin as a carrier liquid). It's really hard to find as a liquid--I order mine from puritan.com.

[JitterbugPerfume]

20. I would like to know about

L-Carnitine too.

in my case , fat burning is a very good thing :hi:

[Shakespeare]

26. See my post above.

:hi:

[NewWaveChick1981]

12. Mine....

*Mulivitamin/multimineral supplement
*1000 mg of calcium plus Vitamin D

I eat lots of nonfat dairy and lots of vegetables, so I get an ample supply of nutrients. :) I eat poultry but not a lot of red meat.

[JitterbugPerfume]

21. sounds a lot like my diet

I gave up red meat a while back ( from being skeered'o it) and now it gives me a belly ache.

[BuddhaGirl]

13. here's my list

Food-based multivitamin

Eye Supplement

CoQ10

Fish Oil

Flaxseed Oil

DIM (Diindolylmethane - from cruciferous vegetables)

Mushroom Blend

MSM

Hyaluronic Acid

Astaxanthin

Cal/Mag

Occasionally I throw in siberian eleuthero, or Cognitex (it's from Life Extension and it's awesome!) for brain support. I try to remember to take a greens blend drink every day as well. :-)

[JitterbugPerfume]

22. that is quite a list

off to GOOGLE with me

I don't know what some of that stuff is

[Lydia Leftcoast]

14. My morning menu:

A multi formulated for women of a certain age
Vitamin D
A calcium-magnesium-zinc combo
Balanced B vitamins

I added the latter two after reading an article in one of the science magazines about the effect of minerals and B vitamins on emotional stability.

I have a tendency toward depression, and while the vitamins don't cure me, I notice a definite lethargy and gloominess by midday when I haven't taken them.

[JitterbugPerfume]

23. The last two sound interesting

depression is a problem for me too.

It has to be a family thing, because all four sisters have the same symptoms ( my three sisters and me)

[hedgehog]

38. Same here

I take B-12, fish oil and 4000 units of Vitamin D to assist my prescription meds. I notice it if I cut back. Apparently someone made a connection between Vitamin D and seasonal affect disorder.

[JitterbugPerfume]

50. I sure hope it works

because I get real nutzo in Winter and I hate it

[AlCzervik]

15. Calcium, multi vitamin and and iron supplement.

i'm lactose intolerant and i'm anemic.

[skygazer]

17. Multi-vitamin

Fish oil for the brain :dunce:

Calcium for the bones

Glucosamine/chondroitin for the aches and pains

Cranberry for the bladder



edited to add why

[JitterbugPerfume]

51. I wish I liked cranberry juice

because it is so good for you , but I just DO NOT like it:shrug:

[QueenOfCalifornia]

18. Vodka

for all the obvious reasons

[JitterbugPerfume]

52. Hey Gilligan

whatever works!

[Nikia]

27. Flintstone complete

I haven't been able to find an adult multivitamin that doesn't make me feel ill. I take it to round out the nutrients that I take in from food.

[BrotherBuzz]

28. Ferrous Gluconate

I was 45 pounds underweight and extremely anemic. My blood work says it has helped tons, plus I've gained back forty of those forty-five pounds.

[DemExpat]

29. Hi, Jitterbug

I take a good multivitamin/mineral
Fish oil
Magnesuium with calcium - mgnesium is good for my nerves.
500 mg. vitamin C
Vitamin D - 1000
Astragalus root herb for immune system boosting and it cured me of recurring bronchitis several years ago. Got that advice from Dr. Weil's site so I'm grateful!

Since my Mom had macular degeneration my eye doctor advises me to eat lots of purple fruits and veggies, lots of greens, and to eat fatty fish several times a week. She advised only wild salmon though, as their more natural foraging makes for high quality omega oils.(And no anti-biotics and dyes in their food either).

:hi:

DemEx

[JitterbugPerfume]

44. Hi DemEx

:toast:

[Left Is Write]

30. Just a multi-vitamin.

[Mutley]

31. Coffee.

It regularly takes the place of breakfast, and sometimes lunch.

Oh, you meant supplement and not replacement didn't you? :P

[JitterbugPerfume]

47. coffee is in a catergory all its own!

I honestly do believe I would fall apart without my three cups daily:thumbsup:

[Mz Pip]

32. Plant sterols

My cholesterol dropped from 254 to 187. Dr. thinks it was because of the plant sterols. I try to remember to take a time release Niacin since that is supposed to raise the good cholesterol. We'll see.

I take Emergen-C which is 1000mg of C with a bunch of B vitamins.

That's about all I can remember to take.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[snailly]

37. Do you mind me asking?

What are plant sterols? I have high cholesterol and can't get it down. I haven't tried Niacin either.
I take a B complex, multi and calcium supplements every day but still have high bp and chol.
Just wondering what you are doing differently.
Thanks in advance!

[Mz Pip]

39. I get this stuff

called Cholest-Off at Costco. It's made by Nature-Made. There is also an Emergen-C called Heart Health that has plant sterols in it.

I also eat oatmeal every morning. That's supposed to be good.

This does not work as fast as the prescription drugs. It took a few months to bring down the numbers. I also gave up cheese. :cry: I love cheese.
I'm sure exercise helped too. I went back to aerobics class.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[JitterbugPerfume]

48. I eat soy cheese

it is not the "real deal" but it is better than nothing ( I guess)

[Mz Pip]

59. soy cheese

Tried it once. It tasted like dried library paste. Maybe on a pizza with lots of tomato sauce, mushrooms, olives, green onions, peppers...

Mz Pip
:dem:

[greymattermom]

33. Fish oil

I just did a study on brain injury in rats fed fish old vs. American diet. The fish oil rats did sooo much better.

[JitterbugPerfume]

54. what brand of fish oil ?

I read that they vary a lot in content

[ThomWV]

34. Nothing at all - ever, and I'm 60 and perfectly healthy

Never been on a diet, do not do any artificial exercise either. Don't play any sports, never been particularly over weight but I've gone for years without checking.

[JitterbugPerfume]

49. you are one of those people wiith

perfect metabolism? you are damn lucky!

[pitohui]

35. i quit w. the calcium

it didn't work for my mom and my ob/gyn said it probably isn't really absorbed (even the more absorbable kind isn't much really) -- this may be a function of our genetics, i don't know

instead i try to get 20 minutes of sun every day (natural source of vitamin D) and i've greatly increased my consumption of whole fat dairy and various deep greens -- my mom is also lactose intolerant so this wasn't an option for her

so far so good, my bone density scans are okay for now anyway, fingers crossed

i'm not saying give up your calcium supplements but if you are concerned about absorption it may be worth looking into getting more of the vit D/calcium thru natural means because the body might use it better?

[BuddhaGirl]

42. were you taking the calcium with some magnesium?

magnesium is essential for absorption, along with Vit. D

[JitterbugPerfume]

45. why whole fat dairy?

I use a lot of fat free dairy because I tend to have a weight problem . My understanding is that the vitamin D aids in calcium absorbtion

[Rabrrrrrr]

36. Vegetables, green leafy stuff, dairy, meats, occasional pasta, tea, coffee, gin

[JitterbugPerfume]

53. how do you get all of that

into that tiny capsule?:loveya:

[Kali]

40. I eat pretty healthy (if too much) but take a store brand multi just to cover

the bases and keep my pee yellow :rofl:

1000 of C every couple of days, especially in the winter because we run out of fresh stuff around here and it's 20 miles to the store - can't just run out for some fruit.

thinking of starting CoQ10 but it was a little pricey. I respect Andrew Weils' advice and that was one to take.

[JitterbugPerfume]

56. that is my problem

I eat a healthy diet --but for two!

It is a long way to a supermarket from here too I only shop twice a month , so I run out of the "good " stuff fast, but have fresh frozen and home canned fruits and veggies

yellow pee is very important :rofl:

[Inchworm]

41. Beer

Sanity and rest.

:hi:

[JitterbugPerfume]

46. sanity? oh my!

:hi:

[grasswire]

55. I just bought a magazine named "Natural Solutions"

...published by the editors of "Alternative Medicine" and found an article written by a cardiologist who is also a certified nutrition and anti-aging specialist in Connecticut. He recommends something called the Awesome Foursome:

magnesium
CoQ10
L-carnitine
D-ribose

He says this mixture has shown miraculous cardiac improvement, even in people with heart failure or diastolic dysfunction. His name is Stephen T. Sinatra, MD, FACC.

Very interesting.

[grasswire]

58. I've dropped my daily antacids.

I was reading a few weeks ago about fatigue and PPIs and other antacids. I had realized that after taking that extra-strength Pepcid in the mornings I often would just want to go to sleep -- a deep need to sleep. The mechanics have something to do with antacids interfering with K vitamins absorption.

So I stopped the regular antacid. I try to regulate heartburn now with smaller more frequent meals and just an occasional regular pepcid or a chewable rolaid.

The increase in energy was astounding. No more of those spells of unexplained fatigue.

Give it a try, if you have the same kind of trouble.