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I am a vitamin pill junkie

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As long as I remember i have taken supplements of one sort or another, I only have to read how good various supplements are and I have to buy them, so much so it's an obsession, and the bottom line is i have never felt the benefits of what they claim.

Only last week i bought 6 months' supply of Focus Pro which claims to help with energy and concentration, and they state within 30 minutes you will feel the benefits, well, i can tell you now, four days later i have felt absolutely nothing.

The only recent thing that seems to work is Valerian Root as an aid to sleep, it really has made a difference.

But of course with taking so many supplements its impossible to know what's good and what's rubbish.

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Hello Roddy be careful not to overload I take collagen now with gluchosomine chrondrotin for my skin and joints bit e D omega 3 for my brain and memory I had to think then lol forgot for a few 2nds 🤩least it working 🙄I lost my radiator key other day looked allover then something took me upstairs to the small bedroom then I remembered I put it on the radiator so wouldn't loose it hahaha my builder was laughing, turns out I need 2 new radiators only one upstairs is going, he tested them for me, I think I need something to help me sleep like a cat flap lol 🤩doc gave me vit b 12 when i had my colitis flare but i only take nos n then now i did feel a difference, my friends been taken collogen and her skins amazing now, I've only had it few weeks, 💛✨🌻xxx

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Hey Mandy I used to take collogen but it didn't agree with me, it was awful, but i do take D3 and turmeric x

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I recommend omega 3 my friends school work improved re memory years ago as he wasn't doing well fish oil I can't eat but ok with tablets how are you any better on your mood, it was new moon Sunday and total eclipse in your sine Aries yesterday only seen in America💛🌟 xxx

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hey Mandy, i also take Omega 3, have done for several years. My mood hasn't changed much .xx

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Give it time good dose of sunlight and garden work try get out can you walk the dogs to the beach 🤗xx

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no garden work with the atrocious weather were having down south , its freezing, and i don't walk the dogs when i have an acre of garden for them, but even they won't stay out today, the wind almost blows them over , and actually the beach near me is closed due to a landslip, a huge chunk of cliff fell down. x😱

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OMG let's hope we get some sunny days not all rain, I'm still working indoors getting ready for carpet fitters yes one job I'm not doing myself mam used to help but she's struggling too much with her back etc and my knee don't want to agrivate it and I thought what the heck I can afford to pay them I've enough to do i remember cutting my leg laying a carpet many years ago the knife cut my knee still a scar, after that I used scissors and my thumbs get sore now 🙄💚🌻

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Carpet laying is no simple job, and like you i used to do it myself, but now let the professionals do it, they do it in a fraction of the time.x

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Yes I layed the hard back ones also soft back so much easier but I was younger then and takes ages if cutting in resses can make mistakes and radiator pipes xx

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I'm sure you aren't the only person who does this. The flood of advertising for supplements and skin care products that reverse aging is relentless. I've bought some myself and have always been disappointed. Usually no result except less money in my pocket. So I gave up. I do need to take Vitamin D for a efficiency and take Vitamin C when I have a cold. That's it. Some people swear by many things. But they aren't regulated by the FDA and the fine print doesn't guarantee results. So I try to eat healthy and stay hydrated. I found that's the best thing for me. Maybe you could make a list of things you really want to do and save up money for your list. I hope that helps.

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The advertising of supplements and such like is morally bankrupt. The language used is often prepared specifically to prey on our anxieties and fears. Outrageous claims are also often made with culpability then denied with lines and lines of caveats in the lettering that is so small as to be unreadable. Of course, some products are actually backed by clinical data. But there are nevertheless lots of quick fixes that are little more than snake oil. Please don’t get sucked in by all the BS.

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its easy to wish the claims worked and probiotics cant find one that rebuilds xx

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