Multivitamins

[Itsshezzie]

Hi I have been taking the recommended vitimans but I’m terrible at remembering the times so I was wondering if these would be ok to take

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They are called well woman max any advice would be gratefully revived.

Thanks in advance

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

Itsshezzie

As with most multivitamins it contains too little of anything to help the wrong forms and least absorbable ingredients, a ton of excipients and fillers. It contains iron who h affects the absorption of everything else and Iodine which we shouldn't take unless tested and found to be deficient.

Best advice - forget any multivitamin and work on remembering to take those supplements that you know you need. I started off putting everything on a spreadsheet and ticking it off when I took them. I now keep them in a box on the kitchen worktop and remember which I need to take when.

[Itsshezzie]

Thank for you quick response and I’m glad you have cleared that up for me.

I will go back to setting alarms to remember when to take them and not look for the easy route lol.

Again thank you very much for your help.

[shaws Administrator in reply to Itsshezzie]

I think you can take all vitamins at the same time. I take mine with lunch as most have to be taken with food. If you get a pill box from the pound shop and fill it up for the week and leave on table you wont forget.

[greygoose]

Lord no! I wouldn't take that. For all sorts of reasons.

1) it contains iron, which will block the absorption of all the vitamins - which aren't in a high enough quantity, anyway.

2) it doesn't tell you what form the ingredients are in - except folic acid - which is synthetic folate, so the cheapest kind, and least easily absorbed.

3) there not enough selenium to help.

4) it doesn't tell you what form of magnesium it contains, but there's not enough of it, anyway.

5) it contains iodine and copper, neither of which you should take without getting tested first. Hypos are often high in copper, and excess copper is not something you want.

6) Guarana Extract is a stimulant. You don't want stimulants - or should I say they could do you more harm than good.

7) the vit d capsule contains calcium. It's doubtful you need that. In any case, taking vit D3 increases absorption of calcium from food, and you do not want to over-dose on calcium. Plus, with vit D you should take vit K2. The vit K in the vit tablet is K1. Not helpful.

8) these things should not all be taken at the same time. They can cancel each other out.

There are no recommended vitamins on here. What we recommend is getting your vit D, vit B12, folate and ferritin tested, and just taking what you need in quantities suggested by the test results, and their cofactors. Taking vit D and ferritin without getting tested could be dangerous, because in excess they are toxic. Supplementing B12 without testing first could mean that you miss Pernicious Anemia, which would want testing for.

[Beata_s]

Folowing x

Great advice

I just bought multivitamin - is it ok to at least take that till it’s run out so I do t have to bin it ? ( I’m not hypo - just want to do something good for myself )