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Any Recommendations For Good Quality Vitamins?

cuddlesmama — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 09:16:19 GMT

I am looking for vitamins without iron as I am over 50 and past menopause. There are so many out in the marketplace I really don't know which ones would be the better ones. Any recommendations would be helpful. Thanks

Re: Any Recommendations For Good Quality Vitamins?

VaBelle35 — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 10:29:05 GMT

Centrum Silver Chewables were the best ones I was able to find that did not contain iron when I was searching a few years back for vitamins that did not exceed the safe upper limits for ingredients.

There are a ton of different versions, but you definitely want the chewables version in the Silver line.

The orange ones are the bomb

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Nataliesgramma — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 10:40:22 GMT

I take One a Day Women's 50+........no iron

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luvdoodles — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 10:46:27 GMT

I like Andrew Lessman Essential Vitamin with out iron. They do not bother my stomach at all. My mother recommended them to me because all others gave her stomach issues also.

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ciao_bella — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 11:20:47 GMT

If you are a Costco member, their Kirkland brand Women over 50 have been touted as the best quality and purest you can buy. As a matter of fact, that includes ALL their vitamins. I take them and agree.

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World Traveler — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 14:18:56 GMT

@luvdoodles wrote:
I like Andrew Lessman Essential Vitamin with out iron. They do not bother my stomach at all. My mother recommended them to me because all others gave her stomach issues also.

I'm a recent convert to Andrew Lessman's products, thanks to @bebe777 and I have not regreted it. What I like the most is that they are not hard, solid pills. They are in capsule form with very fine powder inside. Easy to digest; quickly goes into the system, and so far they have been good for my body.

Re: Any Recommendations For Good Quality Vitamins?

Group 5 minus 1 — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 15:12:21 GMT

Ask your pharmacist. You might just be surprised at the answer.

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Lovethesea — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 16:13:06 GMT

I highly recommend shopping for vitamins at your local health food store(s) where the owners, managers and employees are particularly knowledgable and able to provide personalized service answering your questions. I took this one for a few years while transitioning to a more mediterranean diet and loved it:

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Re: Any Recommendations For Good Quality Vitamins?

LonestarBabs — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 17:05:41 GMT

I use Cooper Complete w/o Iron. Dr. Kenneth Cooper (introduced the concept of aerobics) of the Cooper Clinic here in Dallas has a complete line of vitamins and supplements, and I've been taking the Cooper Complete Original Multivitamin w/o Iron as well as the Omega 3 and Joint Health Supplement.

Can order them online and get automatic shipments.

Re: Any Recommendations For Good Quality Vitamins?

VaBelle35 — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 18:51:06 GMT

@ciao_bella wrote:
If you are a Costco member, their Kirkland brand Women over 50 have been touted as the best quality and purest you can buy. As a matter of fact, that includes ALL their vitamins. I take them and agree.

I was taking these for a bit, but I had concerns about the Ginko/Ginseng in them. I just didn't take that pill in the packet.

I've since switched to the Andrew Lessman multis.

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Goldengate8361 — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 19:16:48 GMT

Anything from Twin Labs is excellent. Really. That's the only brand that I trust for supplements. (Vitacost is a good place online to buy them, too.)

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LTT1 — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 22:02:51 GMT

Garden of Life Vitamin Code RAW ... others had been making me throw up.

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cuddlesmama — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 09:32:36 GMT

Thank you so much ladies for all of your recommendaitons. Much appreciated. I will check these out.

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Lacey1 — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 15:55:32 GMT

As a stage 4 cancer patient-I am very serious about nutrition. The only supplement that I take is VitaCost Broccoli Sprout Extract. Otherwise, I have a Vitamix and make smoothies with raw, organic ingredients. So far, so good!

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Lucky Charm — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 21:50:27 GMT

@LTT1 wrote:
Garden of Life Vitamin Code RAW ... others had been making me throw up.

I take Garden of Life in anything I can get, Vit. C, B complex, calcium.

They're organic.

I'm not going to eat organic and then supplement with some chemical ridden pill.

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KYToby — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 03:05:27 GMT

@Lovethesea wrote:
I highly recommend shopping for vitamins at your local health food store(s) where the owners, managers and employees are particularly knowledgable and able to provide personalized service answering your questions. I took this one for a few years while transitioning to a more mediterranean diet and loved it:

This is not a good idea. The people who work in these stores have, in many cases, little or no training, and they simply want to sell you items.

If you want to take vitamins, spea with a medical doctor to find out what, if anything, you need to take. I take a couple based upon conversations with my doctor. Taking anything else, particularly high-priced, high-potency vitamins only services to produce expensive urine and can, ultimatelyu, cause more harm than good.

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LTT1 — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 17:04:29 GMT

@Lucky Charm Yes... I agree... I take this because not only is it organic, it is also RAW.

Don't know if this is why my stomach can tolerate these, but it was surprising to read in the reviews (Ama) that other women have had stomach upset with -- of all things -- VITAMINS. I never thought vitamins would upset my stomach!

I would like to try some of their other products, too.

Re: Any Recommendations For Good Quality Vitamins?

bebe777 — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 22:07:53 GMT

@World Traveler wrote:
@luvdoodles wrote:
I like Andrew Lessman Essential Vitamin with out iron. They do not bother my stomach at all. My mother recommended them to me because all others gave her stomach issues also.
I'm a recent convert to Andrew Lessman's products, thanks to @bebe777 and I have not regreted it. What I like the most is that they are not hard, solid pills. They are in capsule form with very fine powder inside. Easy to digest; quickly goes into the system, and so far they have been good for my body.

@cuddlesmama I've been taking Andew Lessman's Procaps Labs supplements since 2007 and they are, hands down, the best supplements I have ever used.

By that, I mean that with any number of his supplements, my body can actually feel the difference that his supplements make to my quality of life.

You might want to have a look at the Supplements - which supplements do you take thread (which I started) that is in the Wellness forum. My post is the first one, but a number of people weighed in on their choice of supplements.

-- bebe

P.S> @World Traveler thanks for the heads up on this.

Re: Any Recommendations For Good Quality Vitamins?

Shelbelle — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 22:09:39 GMT

Most multi vitamin supp. for over age 50 do not contain iron. I buy the Senior Formula from Walmart, Equate brand, says on bottle, equiv. to Centrum Silver for a lot less money.