Wellness

[gloriajean]

None - and no meds either.

Sometimes I'll take some Geritol, but mostly nothing.

[AuntG]

A multivitamin and D3 daily. One supplement I heard about on these boards is D-Mannose. It was suggested for those who get UTI's and I take it faithfully. Every now and then, I'll see something mentioned on TV or online, so I'll give it a try. However, I usually don't reorder. 

Your question wasn't intrusive, so just ignore the crabby poster.

[jubilant]

---

@Sooner wrote:

---

@jubilant wrote:

I take a multi for women over 40, D3,C, and in the winter I add Zinc.  The D3 was doctor subscribed.

I edited this to add that I think much of our food today is depleted so that is one reason I take vitamins.

 a carrot, it tastes like a carrot, but is it as good for us as it once was? 

The nutritional values of some popular vegetables, from asparagus to spinach, have dropped significantly since 1950. A 2004 US study found important nutrients in some garden crops are up to 38% lower than there were at the middle of the 20th Century. On average, across the 43 vegetables analysed, calcium content declined 16%, iron by 15% and phosphorus by 9%. The vitamins riboflavin and ascorbic acid both dropped significantly, while there were slight declines in protein levels. Similar decreases have been observed in the nutrients present in wheat. What's happening?

Prompted by food shortages after World War Two, scientists developed new high-yield varieties of crops and breeds of livestock, alongside synthetic fertilisers, pesticides and herbicides, to boost food production. Coupled with improvements in irrigation and the advent of affordable tractors, crop productivity increased dramatically. The average global cereal yield rose 175% between 1961 and 2014, with wheat, for example, rising from an average yield of 1.1 tonnes per hectare to 3.4 tonnes per hectare in around the same timeframe. 

While yields went up, nutrient levels in some crops declined, bringing intensive farming techniques under scrutiny. Could it be, as some have claimed, the result of the increased use of artificial pesticides, fertilisers and other chemicals disrupting the fine balance of soil life, the health of crop plants, and therefore affecting the quality of the food we eat? 

A 170-year study into wheat grown using different farming techniques in the UK suggests there is more going on. 

"The Broadbalk experiment is one of the oldest continuous agronomic experiments in the world. Started in 1843, it has been comparing the effect of inorganic [artificial] fertilisers and organic manures on winter wheat. It has specifically examined the levels of iron and zinc in wheat grown under different farming methods," explains Steve McGrath, a professor in soil and plant science at Rothamsted Research in the UK. 

"First, our findings show that it isn't a lack of micronutrients in the soil that is driving the lower nutrients in the crop. Those that are bioavailable, that is, in a form that the plant can absorb, don't change with intensive farming methods."

So, if the soil is as good as it was, what else is going on? Have the plants themselves changed?

(I think this article was from the BBC.)

---

@jubilant Without those changes and innovations (such as GMO), food would be sky high in price, only available by what is seasonal and grown locally, and famine and starvation would be worldwide.  Like so many things, it is a trade-off.  Far more of the world would be uninhabitable.  

---

@Sooner Interesting article. I think there is a lot of truth to it. I have come to the conclusion that I will only spend money on those vitamins the doctor says I need from blood tests and those I feel that help me.  For example, when I don't take Vit. C my gums are more tender and will bleed more easily. It's just too expensive, imo, to take everything so I kind of pick and choose.  The Dr. said my Vit D was off so I started taking it and now it is back where it should be.  It is hard to know sometimes what our bodies need and how much they are depleted by the food we eat and the air we breath.  Anymore, I try to eat right so I feel better while I'm alive and not worry as much about  how many years I have. That, in my case, relieves a lot of stress and fear.  

[Faceplacegirl]

62 here, I take:

Andrew Lessman's...

Essential 1, Vit D3 5000, Vit C / B complex, immune factor, calcium mag intensive, positive passage and ultimate woman's wellness. I also take a liquid collagen drink. All these have helped with anxiety and other post menopausal symptoms. Glad to share and to learn from others

[CrazyKittyLvr2]

None.  The last vitamins I took were pre-natal.  That baby is now 50 yrs. old.

I've managed to reach 73 without swallowing a handful of vitamins/supplements daily.

[Addie2118]

This post interested me. I've been having leg cramps 2 or 3 times a week. They woke me up, and it was hard to get back to sleep. I began taking Magnesium before bedtime, and I haven't had a leg cramp in one month. 

I do take a daily multivitamin and vitaman C. 

[Mom2Dogs]

I am 68, I take no rx meds but do take Vit C with D, zinc and magnesium at night.  Also bamboo extract in my morning coffee, hoping for good bone scan results in another year or so.

[CherryHugs]

Tri-B