Do you take vitamin capsules/tablets? If so specify.

[Woosta]

?

 

[djheater]

Multi-Vitamin + Fish Oil

Vitamin D seasonally.

 

[Woosta]

Originally posted by: djheater
Multi-Vitamin + Fish Oil

Vitamin D seasonally.

Which multi-vitamin specifically?

 

[KingGheedora]

There's a thread in H&F citing recent studies that show that multivitamins have no demonstrable benefit.

 

[Woosta]

Originally posted by: KingGheedora
There's a thread in H&F citing recent studies that show that multivitamins have no demonstrable benefit.

orly

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: KingGheedora
There's a thread in H&F citing recent studies that show that multivitamins have no demonstrable benefit.

Yes, yes, that's periodically the case, I don't mind the expense.

I'm not tied to a brand, whatever I find that's not overly expensive, provides adequate vitamins and I'll generally get one that's "men's formula" which has no iron, includes saw palmetto and the like.

 

[irishScott]

On a daily basis:
1x One-A-Day Men's http://oneaday.com/mens.html
1x 400 IU Vitamin E
1x Caltrate 600 mg Calcium + 400 IU Vitamin D
6x 3.15 g Psyllium Husks
3x Magnesium/Calcium/Vitamin D (250 mg/500 mg/200 IU respectively
6x Fish Oil (180 mg EPA, 120 mg DHA)

 

[DarkThinker]

I take Vitamin V...when need be.

 

[irishScott]

Originally posted by: KingGheedora
There's a thread in H&F citing recent studies that show that multivitamins have no demonstrable benefit.

There are also multiple studies indicating that for those who don't have an *insert anbiguous standard* healthy diet, they can serve as a good safety net. It's quite the controversial issue at the moment.

Personally I wouldn't live without them. Maybe I'm deficient or something, but I used to get horrible allergies until I started taking a multi. Now I get a bad cold about twice a year and allergies 3 times tops; and I almost never get sick. I go off the multis, and everything comes back. Given that I've had the same experience with zinc supplements, I'm pretty sure that has a lot to do with it.

 

[Schadenfroh]

I take equate's multivitamin. I have not been sick in a while.

/knock on wood

 

[zerocool84]

I buy Costco brand Kirkland Signature Multi-Vitamins.

 

[BeauJangles]

Originally posted by: irishScott

Originally posted by: KingGheedora
There's a thread in H&F citing recent studies that show that multivitamins have no demonstrable benefit.

There are also multiple studies indicating that for those who don't have an *insert anbiguous standard* healthy diet, they can serve as a good safety net. It's quite the controversial issue at the moment.

Personally I wouldn't live without them. Maybe I'm deficient or something, but I used to get horrible allergies until I started taking a multi. Now I get a bad cold about twice a year and allergies 3 times tops; and I almost never get sick. I go off the multis, and everything comes back. Given that I've had the same experience with zinc supplements, I'm pretty sure that has a lot to do with it.

Well KingGheedora is partially correct. About 90% of what you take in each pill isn't absorbed by your body. So, they have a benefit, but not to the tune that most people think they do.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

I don't take any vitamin supplements because I'm not a sucker. I don't take them for the same reason I don't use homeopathic medicine, acupuncture or chiropractic.

 

[Jeff7]

Giant Eagle or Kmart brand multivitamin, sometimes.

 

[nageov3t]

multi-vitamin
calcium supplements
B12 supplements
iron

multi + B12 in the morning, 3 x calcium throughout the afternoon, and then iron right before bed.

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
I don't take any vitamin supplements because I'm not a sucker. I don't take them for the same reason I don't use homeopathic medicine, acupuncture or chiropractic.

my physician is making me take them

I'm sure you know better, though. next time I go in for blood work, I'll be sure to mention that some australian told me it was ok to stop

 

[irishScott]

Originally posted by: BeauJangles

Originally posted by: irishScott

Originally posted by: KingGheedora
There's a thread in H&F citing recent studies that show that multivitamins have no demonstrable benefit.

There are also multiple studies indicating that for those who don't have an *insert anbiguous standard* healthy diet, they can serve as a good safety net. It's quite the controversial issue at the moment.

Personally I wouldn't live without them. Maybe I'm deficient or something, but I used to get horrible allergies until I started taking a multi. Now I get a bad cold about twice a year and allergies 3 times tops; and I almost never get sick. I go off the multis, and everything comes back. Given that I've had the same experience with zinc supplements, I'm pretty sure that has a lot to do with it.

Well KingGheedora is partially correct. About 90% of what you take in each pill isn't absorbed by your body. So, they have a benefit, but not to the tune that most people think they do.

Well obviously no one absorbs everything, but absorption is dependent on everything from the individual's genes to if it's taken with food to where the ingredients come from. I have a hard time believing the 90% bit unless they're just taken dry with nothing else in the stomach.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
I don't take any vitamin supplements because I'm not a sucker. I don't take them for the same reason I don't use homeopathic medicine, acupuncture or chiropractic.

my physician is making me take them

Oh there certainly are legitimate reasons to take them in certain cases (differentiating them from homeopathy and acupuncture). I don't dispute that. I obviously can't know if you fall into one of those categories, but for most people they're totally unnecessary.

 

[KingGheedora]

When I tracked everything I ate on FitDay.com I was exceeding or meeting the daily recommended amounts for almost all vitamins and minerals. I think they are a scam, unless you are malnourished, or need extra of a particular chemical due to some condition. People who take certain medication might need extra calcium, some who are anemic might need Vitamin B, scurvy scaliwags might need Vitamin C, etc. But someone who eats an average to healthy diet shouldn't see any benefit from a multivitamin.