do mulivitamins work

[hk8654]

im currently taking the well man plus multivitamin from vitabolics. also taking turmeric and vitamin d but im wondering weather all the vitamins in the multivitamin get absorbed in the body.

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

hk8654

Multivitamins aren't recommended here. This is because they contain too little of anything to help low levels or deficiencies, they tend to contain the cheapest, wrong form and least absorbable form of ingredients, and they often tend to include things we should test for before considering supplementing, eg iodine, calcium, iron. If it contains iron this is likely to affect the absorption of everything else, iron needs to be taken 2 hours away from any other supplement.

[hk8654 in reply to SeasideSusie]

ok instresting thanks. im taking a multivitamin with 6mg of iron in it, a 2000iu vitamin, and 600mg turmeric. do i have to stop taking these for a blood test if so how long for?

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to hk8654]

hk8654

Personally I'd stop taking the multivitamin altogther, check my Vit D, B12, folate and ferritin and only take what's necessary.

The only supplements you need to stop taking are:

Before any blood test - Biotin or B Complex - stop 7 days before test

Before iron tests - iron supplement - stop 7 days before test

[hk8654 in reply to SeasideSusie]

thank you so much. these forums are way more helpful than some of these stuck up doctors who dont care and who think they know everything but they really dont know jack about RLS or mental health. all they know is how to chuck out drugs to people. its disgusting. i will stop taking my iron and stuff for a week and do the tests from thriva then send you the results.

thanks again

harry

[hk8654 in reply to SeasideSusie]

thriva have a thyroid test but only tests for T4 and TSH not T3. is this good enough? as the more advanced test is way expensive

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to hk8654]

Hk8654

No, you need FT3 tested at the same time as TSH and FT4.

I don't use Thriva, can't get my head around their "packages" and subscriptions, so I keep it simple and just order what I want using MonitorMyHealth, Medichecks or Blue Horizon. They use County Pathology, same as Thriva, to process their tests.

If all you want is that basic TSH, FT4 and FT3, then the cheapest option is MonitorMyHealth, it costs £26.10 using the code found on ThyroidUK's main website here:

thyroiduk.org/help-and-supp...

If you want vitamins included then I'd be looking at Medichecks.

[hk8654 in reply to SeasideSusie]

ok brillant iv ordered a advanced full blood test from medichecks for £140 which checks thyroid ft3 ft4 TSH and vitamin d, magnesuim, vitamin b12, folate, iron ferritin TIBC TRANSFERRIN SATURATION.

[Hidden]

There is one multivitamin that I recommend which is Orovite High Potency B & C Replacement Vitamin Tablets, used to be available only on prescription. Unavailable at most pharmacies. Try Amazon.After partial thyroidectomy, was failing to recover. GP recommended them and they were miraculous!

From hardly able to walk to the best health I'd had in years within just a few days.

Unfortunately that feeling lasted just a couple of weeks back to a state of normalcy.

1,000 times better than any other product I've ever had, with the exception of NDT.

If you needed them, you soon find out. Stop taking if you feel no better after a couple of weeks. Not recommended for long term use.

[SlowDragon Administrator in reply to Hidden]

These don’t even contain B12

Orovite High Potency B & C Vitamin Tablets contain:

Bulking agent: lactose (from milk), vitamin c (ascorbic acid), nicotinamide, stabiliser: polyvidone (E1201), vitamin B1 (thiamine hydrochloride), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin b6 (pyridoxine hydrochloride),magnesium stearate, glazing agent: E903, E464, E1520, colours: E171, E129.

Personally I wouldn’t take them

[Hidden in reply to SlowDragon]

It's your choice what you take. I don't particularly care what they contain and what they don't. All I can say is that, for me, they were miraculous on that single occasion. On other occasions they made no difference at all.