hopebetter
05-19-2007, 11:19 AM
Hi all,
After tuning 40, people recommend to me that I need to take multivitamins. They recommend Centrum. I want to hear which brand is good? What other supplements I need to take too?
Thank you.
After tuning 40, people recommend to me that I need to take multivitamins. They recommend Centrum. I want to hear which brand is good? What other supplements I need to take too?
Thank you.
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music12
05-19-2007, 12:36 PM
I like whole food based vitamins. I take Alive.
Personally, I think there is much too much over-supplementation going on, which can weaken the body's ability to do the job itself. Unless your diet is really poor and you eat a lot of junk food and don't exercise, I really don't think you need to load up on a lot of vitamins. If you have some specific problem you need to address, you can research an herb or vitamin supplement specifically for that issue.
Personally, I think there is much too much over-supplementation going on, which can weaken the body's ability to do the job itself. Unless your diet is really poor and you eat a lot of junk food and don't exercise, I really don't think you need to load up on a lot of vitamins. If you have some specific problem you need to address, you can research an herb or vitamin supplement specifically for that issue.
Mike In NY
05-19-2007, 12:36 PM
Visit your local health store and take look at Country Life Liquid Multi & Miracle 2000. In the past I've taken capsules/tablets & powders mixed with juice but I'm serioulsy looking at both these products. You take an ounce a day and it can be mixed with juice. They're both priced the same. You're far more likely to take it everyday than dealing with lots of capsules or using a blender to mix a multi vitamin powder with juice. Worth looking into.
trsgew19
06-05-2007, 06:53 PM
extend-life total balance is one of the best.
Musical_Muse
06-10-2007, 03:16 PM
One caveat with the Alive! vitamin supplement: When I first started to take it, I felt great. It seemed to be helping me. I played with the dosage a lot, as it recommends three tablets, but I'm a thinner person, so I thought that one tablet should be more than enough for me. Anyway, after a few months of use, I got a UTI. I took antibiotics to clear the UTI, but I had this strong sense that it was the Alive! vitamins that caused a lot of it, so I stopped taking them (also, two other people on this board told me that they got UTI's shortly after starting to take this supplement). I still have the bottle of vitamins sitting in my drawer; I took one tablet about three days ago, as an experiment, to which I felt a heaviness in my bladder/groin area :eek:. I just want to tell you about what I experienced while taking this supplement.
Since then, I have been taking Centrum chewable multivits instead (as I understand it, time-released capsules are actually supposed to be one of the best forms), along with fish oil, b-complex (recent addition), echinacea/goldenseal (recent addition), garlic, cranberry, and Citracal calcium. I feel good, and I think that this is a good combo for me at the moment. I probably tend toward being a vitamin-aholic, though, so I need to watch this ;) :p .
I hope this has helped you :) .
~Colleen
Since then, I have been taking Centrum chewable multivits instead (as I understand it, time-released capsules are actually supposed to be one of the best forms), along with fish oil, b-complex (recent addition), echinacea/goldenseal (recent addition), garlic, cranberry, and Citracal calcium. I feel good, and I think that this is a good combo for me at the moment. I probably tend toward being a vitamin-aholic, though, so I need to watch this ;) :p .
I hope this has helped you :) .
~Colleen
cvoor
06-22-2007, 11:28 PM
Something simple like Centrum will do. Be careful of Mega Vitamins, You don't need hundreds or thousands over the rda, those are the vitamins that give me problems.
rosequartz
06-23-2007, 01:32 AM
It depends.....on if you're a smoker or not.
be careful....most multivitamins have vitamin A as beta-carotine, and it has been shown to make lung cancer develop and flourish (in smokers). I found a multi at Puritans pride that had the A from something else.
be careful....most multivitamins have vitamin A as beta-carotine, and it has been shown to make lung cancer develop and flourish (in smokers). I found a multi at Puritans pride that had the A from something else.
music12
06-30-2007, 08:30 AM
Check out Basic Cell Energy for an excellent Multi.