What Vitamins do you take?

Good multivitamin with lot of trace minerals

Extra 400IU E

CoQ10-100mg ( great antioxidant and heart muscle builder......both my parents dropped dead of heart attacks at a fairly young age )

81 mg aspirin......one of the leading causes of sudden heart attack is plaque coming off the arteries.....plague builds in areas of the arteries that are inflamed, and a low dose of aspirin cuts that inflamation, and plaque buildup.

Couple garlic tablets

Couple capsules of a glucosamine sulfate I get from a vet in middle TN. Was getting arthritis sorta bad in my knees and hands several years ago ( mom was nearly crippled with it from about 40 until she died ) and started taking this.....cured it right up....no joint pain at all anymore. Glucosamine will actually rebuild the cartilledge in your joints so you're not joing the line of folks waiting to get their hips and knees replaced about age 60+ because they listened to the quack ads that told them "Arthritis pain ?....here, just take 2 of these Alleeve or whatever..." .....and when you wear your joints out a little more, the quack doctors can give you something stronger that will carry you right up til your date with the orthapedic surgeon.


OK, rant off.....ahahahaaaaaaaaaa

 

I take the kind in furry wrappers and the kind that grow in the garden, beyond that if I feel a cold comeing on may pop 500 mg of C or something but thats about it.

 

I haven't had a cold in over 6 yrs.....



and I shouldn't have said that......now I'm doomed...

 

Bump.

I've done a lot of reading here today and found this interesting. I've taken multi-vitamins sporadically, and glucosamine infrequently at best, but that's about it. Maybe one or two ibuprofen in a year. I guess I just have an aversion to taking medications, etc.

To be all-inclusive, let's not limit this to vitamins though. Is there anything you take that has made a marked difference in your life?

For me, this has most recently been coconut oil. I'll scoop some into some fruit and make a smoothie. It has made a difference in my joints and muscles....no other changes at the time.

What say the monkeys? Of course, mileage may vary...I'm just interested in increasing mine. Thanks all.

Edit for spelling.

 

Just an aside: after reading these pages today, colloidal silver, iodine, and the fasting have piqued my interest. Any recent anecdotes?

@melbo, I really appreciate all the information you have put out here...thank you.

 

I take two multivitamins with minerals daily (Centrum Silver), 7000 iu of Vit D3. I have had my levels of D tested and 7000 iu keeps me in the low-normal range, I could take more...YMMV.

I tell patients to take Vit C and zinc supplements if they have an injury or surgical wound, to assist in DNA replication for repair.

 

I use Emergency when I'm traveling or working with the public to help my immune system hold off all the germs other people bring with them (coughing and sneezing).

On a regular basis I take
D
B12 (there are 3 kinds of these slow, med and long acting, long acting for this particular vitamin involves a shot)
B17
I use nutritional/brewers yeast for the other B vitamins.
Occasionally I will run thru a bottle of high quality Omega/fish oil.

I like to stay close to the food chain for nutrition and I know I have deficiencies in Vitamin D and Vitamin B (you can get tested for genetic markers for chronic B deficiencies)

No offense to anyone but Multivitamins are a waste of time and money. Unless you are using a whole food vitamin which is basically compressed dried greens. The reason they are a waste of time and money is your body won't absorb them. Don't believe me. Conduct your own test. Put a multi vitamin in a glass of water and see how long it takes to break down. IF it dissolves in water within a few hours its a decent vitamin and your body has the opportunity to absorb it. If 6 hours later its still basically a lump in the glass of water, you a wasting your money because the multivitamin is being pooped out with no chance to absorb into your system.

@Gopherman and I did some research on how to get micro nutrients in a post SHTF situation and he and I both came to the conclusion that growing Moringa is your best bet. The ORAC values in Moringa are extremely high.
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Yes I am healthier than the people around me.

 

I just saw a package of moringa powder in a local health store. Moringa Powder- Raw Organic | Smallflower.com since moringa will not grow in my AO this maybe the way to go.

PS- I agree with you on the multivitamins.

 

Well, I take the multivitamins and a couple of hours later in the morning I see the results when I urinate....So I guess they're dissolving OK.