Do you take a daily multivitamin?

sunflower27 · 25-04-2012 03:35PM #1

It is not something I have ever done, but after a recent visit to the doctor and on discovering my iron levels were very low, I took the advice given and bought some today.

So, anyone else take them on a daily basis?

Seachmall · 25-04-2012 03:36PM

No, but I'll start. Used to as a kid, haven't done in years though.

Where To · 25-04-2012 03:37PM

Vitamin D when the sun is shining

General Relativity · 25-04-2012 03:38PM

http://sustainablelinfield.edublogs.org/files/2011/05/dirty-laundry-2d4i55d.jpg

It's not going to iron itself....

eviltwin · 25-04-2012 03:38PM

I'm a vegetarian so I take a supplement.

Seachmall · 25-04-2012 03:40PM

eviltwin wrote: »

I'm a vegetarian so I take a supplement.

Do they taste like bacon?

Because if they don't taste like bacon you are seriously missing out.

FatherLen · 25-04-2012 03:40PM

yakult.

maximoose · 25-04-2012 03:41PM

Yes. Tesco 79c

Mr Benevolent · 25-04-2012 03:41PM

eviltwin wrote: »

I'm a vegetarian so I take a supplement.

I'm a vegetarian too and have to take supplements - pork, beef and chicken.

biko · 25-04-2012 03:42PM

Used to, haven't for years though.

stupidusername · 25-04-2012 03:44PM

Why would you need a vitamin supplement with an iron deficiency? Surely it'd just be an iron supplement?

I've just started taking a b complex,it's meant to be good for lots of things that I could do with.and my diet isn't hugely varied so I could probably do with it.but I should really have checked up if I do need it first.

Oh and you can get sick from hypervitaminosis,so it's best not to take all these things full of extra vitamins if you don't need it

Pherekydes · 25-04-2012 03:45PM

I take a Vitamin B complex and a lutein supplement. There's AMD and dementia in my extended family.

flanders1979 · 25-04-2012 03:45PM

I eat bark and small pebbles to clean out my bowel

Sappa · 25-04-2012 03:46PM

I can't believe no one mentioned Guinness .

Mr Benevolent · 25-04-2012 03:46PM

flanders1979 wrote: »

I eat bark and small pebbles to clean out my bowel

I'll bet that stings on the way out.

frogcheese · 25-04-2012 03:48PM

if your lacking in Iron you can buy like Iron tablets but the sachets of liquid gel tastes disgusting but it works! I use to take them because my iron levels were low.

sunflower27 · 25-04-2012 03:49PM

stupidusername wrote: »

Why would you need a vitamin supplement with an iron deficiency? Surely it'd just be an iron supplement?

I've just started taking a b complex,it's meant to be good for lots of things that I could do with.and my diet isn't hugely varied so I could probably do with it.but I should really have checked up if I do need it first.

Because my diet is lacking as I have have not been eating well in an attempt to save money (not ate much meat for instance) and it has come back and bit me on the bum.

My doctor thinks I should take it, so I have listened to him. I have not been eating as well as I should have for a while now and am physically wrecked from it.

If I had been eating better, I would have just got an iron supplement.

sunflower27 · 25-04-2012 03:53PM

frogcheese wrote: »

if your lacking in Iron you can buy like Iron tablets but the sachets of liquid gel tastes disgusting but it works! I use to take them because my iron levels were low.

Thanks, I heard of those!

Just wondering how you knew your iron level was low? I started noticing bruises that took longer to heal than normal, lost weight, tiredness.

The doctor looked at the skin under my eyes and looked a bit shocked. I saw why when I got home... instead of the pinky/red colour it was pale and white.

Am eating better now though.... hopefully it won't take too long for me to feel better again.

stupidusername · 25-04-2012 03:55PM

Wow sunflower,hope you get better.doesn't sound good.

25-04-2012 03:56PM

Is there much in the way of proof that these mutlivitamin's work?

25-04-2012 03:57PM

I drink loads of Guinness so no need to worry about my iron levels

Stark · 25-04-2012 03:59PM

Yes, although I probably shouldn't as the benefits are questionable if you're not aware of any deficiency in particular.

Thwip! · 25-04-2012 04:00PM

eviltwin wrote: »

I'm a vegetarian so I take a supplement.

same. Tesco are good value on multivitamins

opinion guy · 25-04-2012 04:06PM

sunflower27 wrote: »

Thanks, I heard of those!

Just wondering how you knew your iron level was low? I started noticing bruises that took longer to heal than normal, lost weight, tiredness.

The doctor looked at the skin under my eyes and looked a bit shocked. I saw why when I got home... instead of the pinky/red colour it was pale and white.

Am eating better now though.... hopefully it won't take too long for me to feel better again.

Did he take blood tests ?
How little were you eating ?

Dravokivich · 25-04-2012 04:07PM

I don't no. Always considered them to be for people with defieciancies and as far as I'm aware I don't have any.

Don't like the way they tend to be advertised as a way of boosting your intake and as a way to fix you up from something you lack in your diet.

Seachmall · 25-04-2012 04:09PM

Dravokivich wrote: »

I don't no. Always considered them to be for people with defieciancies and as far as I'm aware I don't have any.

Don't like the way they tend to be advertised as a way of boosting your intake and as a way to fix you up from something you lack in your diet.

Unless you're very conscientious about your diet you most likely are lacking in something, even by minute amounts.

stimpson · 25-04-2012 04:11PM

sunflower27 wrote: »

It is not something I have ever done, but after a recent visit to the doctor and on discovering my iron levels were very low

How ironic.

Neyite · 25-04-2012 04:14PM

I had to take an iron supplement as baby is robbing all my good nutrients!

Galfer tablets are the ones I take. They are over the counter and a pharmacist can advise you if you need them or not. Just be aware that if you take a multivitamin that has iron in it that you might be doubling up and thats not good for you either.

CardBordWindow · 25-04-2012 04:17PM

I don't particularily agree with taking daily vitamins. If you're run down, fair enough, or advised by a doctor to take a course of them, but not full time.

If you look at what is contained in some multi-vitamins, you'll see that some of them have over 100% of your Daily Recommended Allowance of some vitamins. Granted, this is only a recommendation, but you'll also get nutrients from your food.
Overloading on all these vitamins in such an artificial fashion can't be healthy for you.

sunflower27 · 25-04-2012 04:32PM

opinion guy wrote: »

Did he take blood tests ?
How little were you eating ?

I was eating hardly any meat and limited veg. I don't remember the last time I ate meat.... I was eating mainly carbs. Not a lot of them, but my diet was very carb-heavy - oatmeal, bread, rice.

I told the doctor I felt itchy on my back and arms but there was no rash and he said that can be the result of a high-carb diet. It can cause something called a fatty liver. It is somethingthat can fix itself easily when the diet improves. It really scared the hell out of me.

Paying my mortgage and bills is important, but not to the detriment of my health. It hit me last weekend. I was napping on/off all weekend. I knew something was very wrong.

I lost a bit of weight, too, but not a lot to warrant serious concern.

Concentration has been shot also.

In a nutshell, I have to eat a lot better and pay a few less bills on time

Coriolanus · 25-04-2012 04:35PM

I do, but considering researching stopping. There was an interesting article in nutrition and diet about the interactions of some minerals and micro nutrients, not bad per se, but ineffective when taken together etc.

Do you take a daily multivitamin?

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