Wellness

[SilleeMee]

---

@151949 wrote:

A multivitamin and a hair,skin and nails supplement. That is all.I get all the calcium I need eating my dairy and all the vitamin D I need being outside.

---

@151949,

I'm glad you enjoy your dairy...but did you know that it's a myth that dairy products are a good source of calcium? Best sources of calcium come from non-dairy...fyi

There was a study done about calcium in dairy and the results were shocking...the countries that comsumed the most dairy had the highest incidence of broken bones and osteoporosis.

[hoosieroriginal]

Women's daily vitamin gummies from Target

CoQ10

Digestive Advantage

and have been taking Zyflamend for my knee which includes tumeric, ginger and green tea.  I think I will stay on this because it contains so many things that are really good for you. 

I usually take a melatonin 3 mg each night to sleep.

[SilleeMee]

---

@hoosieroriginal wrote:

Women's daily vitamin gummies from Target

CoQ10

Digestive Advantage

and have been taking Zyflamend for my knee which includes tumeric, ginger and green tea.  I think I will stay on this because it contains so many things that are really good for you. 

I usually take a melatonin 3 mg each night to sleep.

---

I am not familiar with Zyflamend. Just read some info about it and it does look good. I eat fresh ginger often and I consume matcha. Both are extremely good for you.

[151949]

---

@SilleeMee wrote:

---

@151949 wrote:

A multivitamin and a hair,skin and nails supplement. That is all.I get all the calcium I need eating my dairy and all the vitamin D I need being outside.

---

@151949,

I'm glad you enjoy your dairy...but did you know that it's a myth that dairy products are a good source of calcium? Best sources of calcium come from non-dairy...fyi

There was a study done about calcium in dairy and the results were shocking...the countries that comsumed the most dairy had the highest incidence of broken bones and osteoporosis.

---

Inorder for calcium to bind to your body you MUST have vitamin D and in order for vitamin D to bind to your body you MUST have a fat moleciule so if you only eat skim or fat free  dairy - your right - it does not contain what you need. However, I do not eat skim / fat free dairy because I know that is not an effective source of  the nutrients I need. 

[tansy]

Vitamin D

COQ10

Fiber capsules

Probiotic

Tumeric

And I used to pride myself on not being a pill taker...😳

[SilleeMee]

@tansy 

[mima]

Calcium

Co-Q-10

1-low dose aspirin

B 12

Oh, I do have a dose twice a day of Heather's Tummy Tamer powder mixed in water.  It is similar to Benefiber except it is natural and is suppose to be good for IBS.  It does help me a lot!

My only script that I take is for cholesteral, so that is why I take the Co-Q-10.

[Lipstickdiva]

---

@ChynnaBlue wrote:

No. I've tried them, but I can never stick to them. I have to take daily medication for my asthma and allergies, so adding MORE things on top of that just gets unpleasant. Besides, I just haven't been able to find enough conclusive evidence that most of the supplements we take are needed or beneficial.

---

I shake my head whenever Andrew Lessman is on HSN and I hear him, the host and callers talking about the 50+ vitamins a day they are taking.

All I can think of is their poor livers having to process all those unnecessary vitamins.  But, he has a vitamin for that too. 

[SilleeMee]

I really don't like taking the supplements I do but it's very difficult to get what I need from eating food. Plus my gut is poor at absorbing. A while ago  I had blood drawn for a vitamin panel test and that was when I realized how much I was lacking. And even if I think I am eating well, food these days does not contain nutrients like they did in years gone by, unfortunately. 

[Reba055]

I think it's a pretty general concensus today that due to poor eating habits and the quality of our food, that a multivitamin is probably good to maintain the bare minimum. 

That said, I can't take them. All vitamins just kill my stomach!