What supplements do you take?

What supplements do you take?

  • Vitamins (A, B1, B2, B12, C, D, E etc)

  • Minerals (Calcium, Magnesium, Zinc etc)

  • Homeopathic meds (e.g. oscillococcinum)

  • Herbs (echinacea, St. John's wart etc)

  • Other food like supplements (cinnamon tablets, turmeric, garlic pills)

  • Antioxidants (e.g. alpha-lipoic acid)

  • Fiber (pills, drinks)

  • Essential Oils

  • Other (things I failed to mention)


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MohammedQ8

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You should check nutrition information and try to get at least 25 g per day - the more the better. Each avocado has 10 g so it gets you pretty far. Berries have some fiber but not a ton. Cabbage is a really good source if you're a fan.
Yes I eat vegetables almost every day. Large salads covered in olive oil and apply cider vinegar. I also drink apple cider vinegar after one hour of each meal. But maybe I put too much cider in the water hehe.

I have to go to the doctor and check my whole digestive system in the future.
 
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Absolutely nothing, and never have give or take that I might have had a pot of chewy gummy multivitamins when I was 7 but that was never renewed after it ran out. Have accidentally eaten various fancy "probiotic" yoghurts at times... if they restored balance to my gut it is only because something that does not weigh anything is arguably inherently balanced.

As far as straight vitamins and supplements go then for the most part as far as I can tell it merely makes for expensive urine, and regulations of the industry are terrible as well so that makes it even more fun. There may come a time where some decent regulations happen, some decent instructions get given and my diet alone will not be sufficient but pending that day you can keep it all.
Most of the time you're absolutely right. I think there are very few indications for taking supplements. The only time I would advise taking them would be when a lab test has said that the value is low or when a patient is symptomatic.

My calcium level for instance was normal, but my bone scan showed moderate osteopenia (which is pretty abnormal for someone my age) - so my doctor suggested vitamin D and Calcium.
 

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just a daily multi vitamin

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I used to take vitamin B for cramps, but I didn’t notice any difference, so I stopped bothering. Outside of that, I’ve never been informed of a vitamin imbalance by any doctors, and outside of a bit weak immune system, I’ve never felt like I needed to correct anything, so I’ve never tried any others.
 
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just a daily multi vitamin

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Can't go wrong with that.

I used to take vitamin B for cramps, but I didn’t notice any difference, so I stopped bothering. Outside of that, I’ve never been informed of a vitamin imbalance by any doctors, and outside of a bit weak immune system, I’ve never felt like I needed to correct anything, so I’ve never tried any others.
best thing you can do for menstrual cramps is take naproxen as it can actually decrease the frequency and intensity of cramps.
 
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I take a Vitamin D3 supplement 'cause I don't have many opportunities to leave my house, and a Melatonin supplement because my brain doesn't produce enough to actually put me to sleep naturally.
 

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Sleeping supplements are dangerous. I would never take them.
melatonin is very very safe. It has no adverse effects. In fact it's so safe we're still not sure if it does anything at all beyond placebo. Of all the ones to take this is the one that's okay.
 

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I used to take b12 and a multivitamin back when I was a vegetarian, but now I don't take any
should probably get the multivitamin again

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I didn't touch the stool but I am sure it is hard because it hurts me soo much and I heard a strong sound during number 2 when if fall down.

The only fruit I drink is avocado. Milkshake consists of avocado, milk and little honey. I should include strawberry and berries too.

I should at least cheats with two bananas instead of eating whole chocolate in the morning hehe.

I was 84.7 the whole week hehe but my weight dropped to 83.5 after cheating with the whole chocolate that contains 55 kg of sugar ..... My body is strange.
that is a smoothie not a milkshake lol
 

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For like 5 years I've taken 12 mg of iodine a day. Mainly for detoxing contaminants like flouride that's in most water. It helps your mood a lot as well.
Recently I've also been taking the detoxing a step further with products from Bioray. One of the main droplets is called NDF Plus and it flushes heavy metals away even stronger than iodine does. Anyone who's interested in undoing the harmful effects of vaccines they had to take should check it out.
 

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Iron + vitamin C, B complex, and magnesium. The occasional multivitamin to fill in the gaps my abysmal diet leaves in my nutrition.

Do antacids count as supplements? :unsure:
 

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Iron + vitamin C, B complex, and magnesium. The occasional multivitamin to fill in the gaps my abysmal diet leaves in my nutrition.

Do antacids count as supplements? :unsure:
Well, they typically have a lot of calcium in them (200mg per tablet).
 

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Nothing. I used to take Vitamin D because of the lack of sun in Sweden during wintertime, but as I don't live there now I see no reason to take it.
 
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Most I take are a few vitamins to supplement for a few that I tend to be low on. Working 3rd shift means that I don't get much sun during the week, so I tend to be low on vitamin D, for example.
 

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