How many and what kind of daily vitamins do you all take?....

[Michelle in GA]

I will be turning 40 this summer and have never taken vitamins and need some advice. Thanks!

[sdWTMer]

Oh boy, I take a lot!

Mulitivitamin
Flaxseed
Fish Oil (Omega Brites)
Estroven
Vitamin D
Evening Primrose Oil
I forgot Garlic pills too.
I'm thinking about Enada now too. Is that the right spelling?

[KristineIN]

This is a good list of recommended vitamins:

http://www2.oprah.com/health/oz/programs/young/solutions/solutions_vitamin.jhtml

I take a multi, cut in half, half in the morning half at night (so the body absorbs them better.
I take magnesium, to help with cravings (not sure if it helps or not)
I also take calcium, because I know I don't drink enough milk (It's not that I don't like milk, I was just trying to see if it helped me stay healthier, which it hasn't, I've still had more colds that I care to this winter)
I need to get some zinc and take it daily, I just keep forgetting.
I also take extra vitamin C.
Kristine

[3littlekeets]

Oh, thanks for that Oprah list!

Right now, all I take is a multi and Nordic Naturals DHA.

[Miss Peregrine]

Breakfast:

2tsp fish oil
1 GABA(aim to stop taking this one))
2 St. John's wort
1 B-100 complex
1 vit e

Lunch:
multi

Dinner
2 St. John's Wort
1 calcium

[Tutor]

A multi-vitamin with breakfast and a garlic pill during cold and flu season with breakfast and supper. I keep planning on adding the Levity program vitamin supplements, but no one sells them around here, and I keep forgetting to look online (plus I have to check the levels in my multi-vitamin to make sure I can take them at the same time, and I keep forgetting to do that too). :D

[KIN]

I take SuperMom multivitamins and Nordic Naturals fish oil.

Kathy

[Hikin' Mama]

I take:

a multivitamin
calcium
B-complex
iron
C
probiotics, if that counts

HTH,

Kim

[Amy in Orlando]

I take:

a multivitamin
iron supplement
extra 1200 mg of calcium
B-complex
St. John's Wort (1200 mg)
Fish Oil

I take most of these after dinner - any other time, my stomch gets upset.

[tess in the burbs]

I take the GNC Women's Vitapak. it has several vitamins in the pack.


* Womens Ultra Mega Multiple Vitamin Formula(2 of these)
* Bone Support Nutrients
* Heart and Cholesterol Support
* Digestive Support
* Balanced Mood Support


I also take calcium and magnesium at bedtime. In winter I take zinc and vitamin C daily as well.

[Montana Peach]

I take SuperMom multivitamins and Nordic Naturals fish oil.

Kathy

What do you think of the SuperMom vitamins? I keep looking at them and have yet to try them but I am curious.

[Mrs Mungo]

multivitamin
calcium
iron
B-complex
C
fish oil pills

Just a note-you don't want to take these all at once. You should not take a multivitamin or calcium with the iron because some vitamins and minerals (*especially* calcium) inhibit the absorption of iron. I take the vit C and iron at night (vitamin C helps you absorb iron) and the rest in the morning.

[Jean in Newcastle]

A.m. -
Omega 3 pills
B complex
Vit C

P.m. -
Multi-vitamin (pre-natals though I'm not pregnant)
Calcium

Before bed -
Cal-Mag

[susie in tx]

Multivitamin - right now I'm taking My Favorite Multiple One a Day
Fish oil - Natural Factors Rx - 2 to 4 caps
need to start taking DHA
taurine
folic acid
vitamin d
should start upping my cal/mag

I try to use chelated vites as much as possible.

[Laurie]

Morning: Ester C Vit. C (500mg) and Holy Basil
Lunchtime: B Complex (mostly 100 mg,but 400mg folic acid), selenium (200mcg), 1 Dove Dark chocolate!
Dinner: CoQ10 (100mg), 1 Citracal Plus Magnesium, Vit.D(1000mg)
Late evening: 1 more Citracal Plus Magnesium

Also used daily: ground flaxseed (1-3 Tbsp) , 1 nutritional bar or shake with medical-grade soy isoflavones