Vitamins good or bad?

[rankin1st]

Hi my husband takes vitamin d but what about c and e anyone found these help? He doesn't like taking pills so only interested if any real benefit thanks

[Litty]

To be honest I have taken a load of vitamins (still do in case!?) and supplements in the past and none seem to help me but we are all so different. I found this site and it quite good to check if they interfer with stuff you already take.

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Be careful.

Turmeric helps with my cramp.

Ubiquinol (new CoQ10) helps some - 600 I think??

Some hope that the sweetener trehalose helps (many posts in the past) I find it just upsets my tummy x

[rankin1st in reply to Litty]

Thanks litty most helpful as yes was worried about interactions. Will give it some exploratory thought

[pollybanana]

I take vit D. Mine was tested and found to be vittually non existant. Had to have a course of high dose vit d. Now take a maintenance dose. Also have multi vits prescribed which I take if I remember and magnesium. The only ddifference I saw was with the fatigue when I had the vit d. Excuse typing errors

[rankin1st in reply to pollybanana]

Fab thanks very helpful!

[february]

I take a multi-viamin, fish oil caps (2), vitamin-D and CoQ10 (300 mg)-neurologist wants me to take 600 mg daily, but I haven't, as it's rather expensive. I think the CoQ10 is somewhat helpful, although I've been taking it for years (as well as the other things I mentioned), so who really knows! My best to you...,;o)

[rankin1st in reply to february]

Thanks February

[HazelCarr123]

I read an article about q10 and I have much more energy with it, they said how it stabilizes ataxia, my sister who is one year older then me takes nothing and is really bad but in six years I am just using a walker outside.We need Vitamin D, B6, 12, and Omega fish oil's, which I take and I have researched about them all.

[HazelCarr123]

I get all my vitamins from Amazon and it is the cheapest and they come the next day.

[rankin1st]

Thank you all for your advice seems like it may help so worth a shot to see if it helps

[Alex100]

I've found that supplements in pill form are half as effective as eating a diet that has had some effort put in to researching vitamins and minerals.

[SMarley]

Hi rankin1st,

Our Research team recommend a variety of ways to improve vitamin D:

- have 15 minutes minimum of sunlight a day (best around midday) if you can

- eat a vitamin D-rich diet when possible. To make this more effective, complement vitamin D-rich foods with calcium-rich foods: they are both absorbed more successfully when consumed together. Milk-replacement drinks such as almond milk and aoya milk are very rich in both

- taking supplements for Vitamin D is a good idea even on top of diet, because it is harder to improve a vitamin D deficiency through diet alone than it is for other deficiencies.

I hope that helps!

Steph Marley

Ataxia UK

[rankin1st in reply to SMarley]

Thanks very much Steph Andy has started on the supplements and is trying to get more sunshine each day not really thought about food but will explore. He doesn't drink anything like milk unfortunately not even soya etc but thanks for pointers really appreciate