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Do you take a multivitamin everyday?

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I started taking them about a month ago for no particular reason.... haven't noticed any differences. Do they really help you out long-term? I guess I'll finish the bottle and continue to take them but I don't think I'll re-buy them.
 
I do not. Everything I've read seems to indicate that vitamin pills just go through you. Besides, eating a variety of vitamin rich foods is so much more fun.
 
I've been taking men's one a day for over a year and honestly have felt no different than when I wasn't taking them. But my diet sucks and I know I'm not getting enough vitamins or minerals at all so I still take them in hopes they are helping.
 
Seriously, if you dont eat fastfood on a daily basis, you should have enough vitamines to meet the daily requirements.
 
I do, even though the science is sketchy (Anybody informed about this stuff? I've heard different things.) I just like the taste of rose hips in those vitamin C pills tbh.
 
Sometimes, if I just want to cover the nutrient basis. Right now, though, I just take a variety of different dietary supplements. Things like ginseng, b-complex, cayenne pepper, cinnamon, fish/flax oil, fenugreek seed, etc. Taking a multivitamin doesn't seem that useful to me if I'm eating decently for the day, but I like taking herbal supplements and oils.

But honestly, many of these multivitamins and whatnot put you above the 100% daily value. Do you really even need that, and does your body even absorb it all? I'm pretty sure the answer is no, which is why I don't obsess over taking a daily vitamin.
 
They're kind of bullshit. You body can't absorb 1000000% of it's daily allotment of Vitamin B (for example). It uses what it needs at the time you digest the pill and you piss the rest out.
 
Going to be watching this thread. I doubt I get the daily intake I need, and I used to take a daily vitamin pill years ago, but I stopped for some reason.
 
I take a multivitamin and fish oil. The science and health benefits behind fish oil has been proven to help your heart I believe. Not so sure on multivitamins.
 
If you have a normal diet, and aren't suffering from some medical vitamin deficiency, you shouldn't need multivitamins or any vitamin supplement.

I'd argue that if you need multivitamins you should look to changing your diet, as the benefits are greater.
 
Yeah thats true. Your body has no way to store vitamines B and C. But you can store A D E K, but those have toxic effets when you overdose lol.
 
I used to, but a lot of the science says it's not needed so I just stopped and it's not like I FELT any benefit so I figured why bother?
 
Like the hat? said:
I do not. Everything I've read seems to indicate that vitamin pills just go through you. Besides, eating a variety of vitamin rich foods is so much more fun.
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What if you crush it up into a powder and spike your food with it like a dog?
 
EatChildren said:
If you have a normal diet, and aren't suffering from some medical vitamin deficiency, you shouldn't need multivitamins or any vitamin supplement.

I'd argue that if you need multivitamins you should look to changing your diet, as the benefits are greater.
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I am left wondering, though, is it good to take a vitamin C capsule when you're sick? Does it actually boost the immune system?
 
I take Ortho-core since it appears that they do some scientific work when it comes to the amount of vitamins you can take a day. Other companies just seem to choose the wrong kind of vitamin or advertise a ridiculous amount of vitamins in a multiple of what your body can actually absorb.
 
ToxicAdam said:
Placebos only work if you believe in them.
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Yeah, sometimes I wish I could believe like that...

On second note, a multivitamin is probably going to do more good then harm, but those people who take a handful of vitamins on the other hand...
 
blame space said:
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The young are quite nutritious. Especially their hearts.

/works in a primary school
 
vitamins = an unregulated market that tends to make little to no measurable difference.

i think vitamin D and fish oil are the only ones that actually make a difference.
 
I take them daily. They are cheap so why not? I haven't really noticed that much difference though. Well except that I haven't been ill even once since I started taking them, like 7-8 years ago.
 
There's no point. You're not going to get rickets or scurvy. Chances are you're not suffering from major deficiencies of any kind. And I tend to believe the best "multivitamins" are foods with a wide variety of them; say, for example, blueberries.
 
Rash said:
If one day you were hungry for some candy and ate an entire jar of gummy vitamins, would you die?
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I know someone that ended up in the hospital with iron poisoning from eating a bottle of flintstones vitamins
 
If you already have a decent diet it's not the best idea to take a full daily serving every day because it will lead to an excess in certain nutrients. Half of a tablet a day would probably be better, as the full serving is generally for people with poor diets that have to make up those nutrients via supplementation.
 
Yes because my fruit and veggie intake is so incredibly low. I just never got in the habit of feeding myself such things at college so far.
 
I take a Vitamin D pill since I don't think I get that vitamin in my diet consistently. One positive benefit is that it cleared up my skin completely (mild case of acne before)
 
Following troll logic, I came up with something brilliant.

Chewable vitamins are tasty. Gummy vitamins are tasty. If I put them both on top of ice cream instead of real-candy alternatives, I will create healthy ice cream. OMG!
 
Gonaria said:
I take a Vitamin D pill since I don't think I get that vitamin in my diet consistently. One positive benefit is that it cleared up my skin completely (mild case of acne before)
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It's generally a good idea for most people to take a vitamin D supplement, but then you're also supposed to get your blood Vitamin D levels tested around twice a year to make sure your dose is in the right range.
 
Dreams-Visions said:
vitamins = an unregulated market that tends to make little to no measurable difference.

i think vitamin D and fish oil are the only ones that actually make a difference.
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This is my mindset as well.
 
I take vitamin C, B12 and fish oil...and a multivitamin only because they were bought for me. They're for men over 50; I'm well, well under 50, but I don't notice a difference.
 
I'm told multivitamins don't actually do anything.

Like the hat? said:
I know someone that ended up in the hospital with iron poisoning from eating a bottle of flintstones vitamins
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Was he a child?
I did that when I was a kid, though i didn't end up in the hospital. I just had to puke it all out.
 
The problem is knowing what is a decent diet.

In my case I eat mainly healthy food but I don't really get bored with the same food as other people seem to do and I worry I have a bad diet because of that.

I don't take one every day or even every week but sometimes I do.
 
Multivitamin, fish oil, and vitamin d.

Placebo effect must be working because I feel good since I started taking them. Especially the vitamin d.
 
overcast said:
Hmm.. I considered getting some multivitamins soon, I'll just go with Fish Oil based off this thread.
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Yes, also eat lots of vegetables and switch your main beverage to green tea and you'll pretty much be ahead of the curve.

icarus-daedelus said:
Vegetarians and vegans should take B12;
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Yes this is a good idea, I'm Ovo-Lacto and I take 1 mg of Methylcobalamin every day.
 
overcast said:
Hmm.. I considered getting some multivitamins soon, I'll just go with Fish Oil based off this thread.
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You can get combination supplements too. For example, I take something that has both flax and fish oil in it.
 
Multivitamin and cod liver oil.

The multivitamin only costs me ten bucks for the year, so even if it does next to nothing it's not an expensive investment.

The cod liver oil is obviously more expensive, but I also don't get a lot of omega 3 in my regular diet so I think it's worthwhile.
 
I do, mainly because I started getting skin stretchmarks because of exercise, so I wanted to make sure I have enough vitamin E to help my skin. Also I take a pill with omega 3-6-9 oils. They do not help much with my constant fatigue but my skin does feel a little greasier, which is good.
 
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