Do you take a daily multivitamin?

[Cletis]

I take a men's formula multivitamin. Sometimes I forget to take it but I try to take it everyday.

[dist0rt]

Yeah I do, GNC multi for men. I made a habit to take it first thing in the morning with my coffee and fish oil, its easier to remember that way. But really, IDK if it even helps and the research out there is back and forth on the subject.

[Neptunus]

Yep - Centrum

[millenniumman75]

Every once in a while - should take them more often with all the exercise I do.

[Petrovsk Mizinski]

Originally Posted by Neptunus

Yep - Centrum

Ditch the Centrum.
When it comes to multis, you get what you pay for, seriously.
Cheap multis like Centrum and all those other ones you find at your local Wallmart (or equivalent depending on where you live in the world), Costco etc are GARBAGE.
The forms of vitamins and minerals in cheap multis like these tend to have a very poor bioavailability, sometimes frighteningly awful. Unfortunately far too many consumers are uneducated on the differences between the forms of vitamin and dietary minerals.
Poor ratios of vitamins can often do more harm than good.

Whenever you buy a multi, check the form of the Vitamin B12.

If it's Cyanocobalamin, generally speaking the rest of the vitamins and minerals in there are going to be of poor quality. Cyanocobalamin needs to undergo various biological processes in the body before it can even be used.

If the form of vitamin B12 is Methylcobalamin, you're doing much better.
This will only come in more expensive, higher quality multis.
Methylcobalamin is the active form of B12 that does not need to undergo any conversion process in the body.
Quite simply, it has a superior bioavailability.
Methylcobalamin is the active form of B12 that.

If anyone wants suggestions for serious, good quality multis, just ask away and I'm more than happy to help.

[lazy]

i use a mineral complex and top it with spirulina powder for the vit A and E then i use a separate bottle for the D3 cuz I want my D3 in liquid form...got the bottle droppers for now, will buy the soft-gels next time

Originally Posted by Petrovsk Mizinski

If anyone wants suggestions for serious, good quality multis, just ask away and I'm more than happy to help.

Any common products out there that has a good performance-cost ratio?

[jonny neurotic]

Originally Posted by Petrovsk Mizinski

If it's Cyanocobalamin, generally speaking the rest of the vitamins and minerals in there are going to be of poor quality. Cyanocobalamin needs to undergo various biological processes in the body before it can even be used.

If the form of vitamin B12 is Methylcobalamin, you're doing much better.
This will only come in more expensive, higher quality multis.
Methylcobalamin is the active form of B12 that does not need to undergo any conversion process in the body.
Quite simply, it has a superior bioavailability.
Methylcobalamin is the active form of B12 that.

That is not true. Cyanocobalamin is converted to methycobalamin in the same way that hydroxycobalamin is. Methylcobalamin is the active form but is converted to hydroxycobalmin as during the metabolic processes that it is involved in. The hydroxycobalamin is then converted to methylcobalamin by a process that is dependent on 5-methyltetrahydrofolate - the active from of folic acid. It is the same process fo cyanocobalamin as for hydroxycobalamin.

Whether you take methyl- hydroxy- or cyano- it will all end up as hydroxy- during metabolism and requires folic acid to convert it to methyl-...

[Neptunus]

^ Yep.

[RenegadeReloaded]

I take this: http://www.nowfoods.com/Supplements/...ens/076946.htm

I have read it's better than Animak Pak.

[UltraShy]

Generally I don't.

I figure with how FDA requirements are intentionally set high to meet the needs of even those who need the most & with how foods (think cereals) are heavily fortified there doesn't seem much need.

After all, ever hear of anyone in modern America getting scurvy from a lack of vitamin C? It doesn't seem to happen, no matter how horrific their dietary habits might me.

[Double Indemnity]

I take an adult gummy multi-vitamin.

[Grapefruits]

Yes, I do. I have been taking one everyday for about two years now. I feel a little bit healthier and my skin, hair, and nails are in better condition. I don't exactly eat...healthily, so I need those vitamins!

[Trmick]

I got a big lecture on how all vitamins which aren't food based are useless. So I buy some mens vitamins from a natural grocers. Do they work? Who knows I will say this- your pee sure is brighter yellow for awhile.

[Donnie in the Dark]

you should be able to get all the vits you need from your diet- otherwise you basically aren't eating a healthy diet.

[LynnNBoys]

I take one, along with fish oil supplement.

[humourless]

fish oil 1500 gm 2 per day...one b complex one c complex

[JaneSmith]

Prenatals are $4 at Walmart if you can get your doc to write a script. They are pharmaceutical quality. However, I find that when I take vitamins daily I feel over medicated. Some over the counter vitamins give me a headache. I stick to an occasional D, 1/2 Bcomplex now and then (especially when drinking), flaxseed oil, 1/2 prenatal when I need more folic acid, and lysine now and then as needed.

From what I understand, the nutritional value of cooked vegetables is low. Further, cooked food will only digest if there is a raw ingredient included, thus a fresh salad (or other raw material) is necessary for absorbtion of vitamins and minerals from a meal.

[jonny neurotic]

Originally Posted by UltraShy

Generally I don't.

I figure with how FDA requirements are intentionally set high to meet the needs of even those who need the most & with how foods (think cereals) are heavily fortified there doesn't seem much need.

After all, ever hear of anyone in modern America getting scurvy from a lack of vitamin C? It doesn't seem to happen, no matter how horrific their dietary habits might me.

Actually RDA's are the minimum required to prevent or treat deficiency syndroms such as scurvy or beri-beri. The reason scurvy is unheard of is because potatoes contain small amounts of vitamin C. So even junk food junkies get some! But it should be considered that vitamin C is essential for growth and repair and vitamin C insufficiency results in degradation of the blood vessels. LDL cholesterol is like a sort of vascular polyfilla and is only produced if our blood vessels are in a state of disrepair. Basically heart disease is a form of vitamin C deficiency.

Scurvy is caused by a complete lack of vitamin C and high blood cholesterol is caused by chronic insufficiency...

[milkfox]

Originally Posted by UltraShy

Generally I don't.

I figure with how FDA requirements are intentionally set high to meet the needs of even those who need the most & with how foods (think cereals) are heavily fortified there doesn't seem much need.

After all, ever hear of anyone in modern America getting scurvy from a lack of vitamin C? It doesn't seem to happen, no matter how horrific their dietary habits might me.

Doesn't most of it get destroyed when being cooked though? I don't think there's actually as much as the FDA tells people.

[RenegadeReloaded]

Originally Posted by Donnie in the Dark

you should be able to get all the vits you need from your diet- otherwise you basically aren't eating a healthy diet.

No matter how healthy u eat, it's impossible to get all your vitamin in the right dosage from food.