Vitamins and minerals.

[Captain-morgan]

Hi guys. Please could you good people tell me if Lloyd's a-z multivitamin are any good. Thanks

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Captain-morgan This one lloydspharmacy.com/en/lloyd...

No. In fact forget any multivitamin and/or multivitamin and mineral.

It doesn't tell you the form of Vit A, it will be beta carotene which is the cheapest, not retinyl palmitate which is the best form (beta carotene has to be converted by the body).

Vit K doesn't say which form. It should be K2, preferably the MK7 sort.

It contains folic acid (synthetic, cheap, needs to be converted to folate) rather than the methylfolate form.

B12 doesn't say which form. It will most likely be cyanocobalamin (cheap and the wrong sort) and should be methylcobalamin.

It has 200mg calcium, are you calcium deficient?

It has 150mg iodine. Are you iodine deficient? If not we shouldn't take it.

It has magnesium oxide, the cheapest and least absorbable form.

Selenium is not the best form.

Check the ingredients list and look at the fillers.

It contains 14 mg of iron which should be taken at least 2 hours away from other supplements.

Vitamins and minerals are generally taken at different times of the day, usually vitamins in the morning, minerals in the evening.

Those are some of the reasons we shouldn't go for cheap supplements.

Test, see where your deficiencies lie (if any) and buy decent quality, bioavailable supplements of what you need.

[greygoose]

All multivitamins/minerals are a waste of money - and some of tham aren't cheap! - for the reasons out-lined by SeasideSusie below.

The only exception to that is a B complex, that one would take when taking B12, PROVIDED you get one with methylcobalamin and methylfolate.

[Nathalie70]

I agree, it's a waste of money. For instance, they put calcium and magnesium together: taken at the same time, they cancel each other.

[Captain-morgan]

Thanks so much guys. I'm having some of the tests next week but they are for my coeliac. I will do my own test if the gp doesn't do them all. I should just make appointment with you guys instead of gp lol. I love you guys.

[Spareribs]

Hi Lucylou - ask for bloodtests for iron (ferritin) folate & B12 and Vitamin D

- then you have a starting point, there's a lot of vitamins in the mix to feeling better, but just sort these for starters....

[Captain-morgan]

Thank you

[greygoose]

Adcal is the worst of all. Who needs all that calcium? Especially when vit D3 is going to raise absorption of calcium from food, anyway. Plus, there's not enough D3.

They could, at the very least, put some vit K2 in it. I wonder how many heart attacks have been caused by taking adcal...

[Hidden in reply to greygoose]

You are so right greygoose.. My GP pulled that one on me for over a year! Adcal does contain more calcium that Vit D. I was Vit D deficient and not aware of K2 MK-7 and ended up with over range calcium in my blood and not my bones.. I stopped taking that rubbish and buy my own D3 and K2 now. x Keep telling it you lovely goose you x

[greygoose in reply to Hidden]

Thank you, Mango. So sweet!

Yes, well, calcium is obviously cheaper than vit D3! They are such cheapskates! And so ignorant. Obsessed by calcium because they think it's the only thing you need for strong bones. Sigh. Glad you finally cottoned on to it!

[Hidden in reply to greygoose]

You're the sweet on greygoose and it's thanks to you and others like you on the forum who have sooooo educated me. Forever grateful I will be x

[Captain-morgan in reply to Hidden]

Me 2 so sweet

[greygoose in reply to Captain-morgan]

[SlowDragon Administrator]

If coeliac it's relatively common to be low in Vit D, B12 and/or magnesium.

Plenty of info on goggle