Combined supplements

[Alldairy]

Hi, does anyone have experience of taking a supplement that contains Vit D3, Vit K2, calcium, copper, magnesium, manganese, selenium, zinc and boron? It seems a nice option just taking one tablet a day, but is it actually more advisable to take things separately?

[MWZ3]

I take vitamin K2 with D3. Doubt you could them all in one enormous pill though. I take magnesium separately. You can look at foods as well to fill your needs except for K2. D3 is indicated from your blood results.

[agingfeminist]

it is common to get d3 and K2 in one pill and that makes sense. Taking calcium supplement might not be a good idea...better to increase calcium in diet. Some people react badly to magnesium (gut problems). If you take a concoction you might not look carefully at each dose, and the form it is in, And if you have a bad reaction you won't know which you are reacting to. And why take copper??? take a couple of brazil nuts for selenium. zinc often comes with vitamin C so you don't want to take it twice.

[uncountable3]

Generally, it is better to take them separately. Vitamin d and K2 compete for absorption as do Calcium and Magnesium. Also, the better absorbed formulas for magnesium and calcium are rather low density making them unsuitable for a combination pill. Magnesium oxide fits a lot in a small space but is so poorly absorbed as to be nearly useless.

[restlesspegs]

A lot of people use Jarrow BoneUp which is a good brand and a good product although personally I opt to take individual supplements.

[Kulbir108]

Bone Up by Jarrow

[AnnieW55]

I take mine separately as it’s easier to change things around if necessary. Many, if not most combined tablets don’t have the complete daily dosage in them -for all the vitamins and mineral contained in them, too little usually. Also some vitamins like D3 and K2 are fat soluble and so need to be taken with a fatty meal (I use My Fitness Pal to see what my macros are for each meal. Other trackers available 🙂). If you take a calcium supplement (I get mine from diet) then that should be taken away, as I understand it with at least a 4hr gap, from magnesium.

[natsulph]

I take Magnesium in a topical form as a spray. It's usually sea or lake derived magnesium salts

[Mmmilkybar]

I've been looking for a supplement like that too. The closest I came to something like that was Bone Health by Simply Supplements, it worked well for me. I recently came across Densiboost by Health4all and it looks to be better, so I've ordered it and will give it a trial.