Supplements, Calcium, minerals, et al

BaytownBert · 09-30-2007, 03:31 AM

What various daily regimen do you take to insure you are getting everything you need in vitamins, minerals, etc.?

stacy73 · 09-30-2007, 08:58 AM

My doc recommends- 3500 mg of calcium and 4 chewable multivitamins per day

josephine · 09-30-2007, 09:21 AM

I take 1 multivitamin chewable Centrum,1 2500 mg of B12 (sublingual), 1 500 mg of vitamin c, and 2 viactiv chews a day

Josephine

BaytownBert · 09-30-2007, 09:41 AM

Calcium is a very important mineral because it...

* Combines with phosphorus to form bones and teeth, making them hard and resistant to breaks and decay. Children need to get enough calcium for their bones and teeth to develop normally. Getting enough calcium early in life helps bones remain strong later in life.
* Helps muscles to contract normally. A deficiency can cause muscle spasms and cramps.
* Helps blood to clot normally, when you get a cut or wound.
* Is essential for nerve messages to be passed along the nervous system from the brain to other parts of the body and vice versa.
* Helps regulate blood pressure. Low calcium intake has been associated with high blood pressure. People with high blood pressure should make sure they consume the recommended amount of calcium (1000 to 1500 mg per day). African-Americans have a higher rate of high blood pressure than other groups and tend to have low calcium intakes.
* Calcium may help prevent colon cancer, one of the most common forms of cancer. Calcium may reduce cancer risk in two ways: (a) by binding fat and bile acids in the large intestine, keeping them from causing harm and (b) by preventing the excessive growth of cells in the intestines, which could otherwise lead to cancer.

WASaBubbleButt · 10-01-2007, 05:55 PM

I take 1 Flinstones chewable 6x daily (when I remember, not often though), one chewable calcium Chocolate thingy (when I remember, not often though), and B Complex when I'm tired and need a kick.

What I *do* remember and LOVE is Radox. Three mega capsules x1 daily and wait for them to dissolve. (Ouch)

Lynn_Marie · 10-02-2007, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by WASaBubbleButt

I take 1 Flinstones chewable 6x daily (when I remember, not often though), one chewable calcium Chocolate thingy (when I remember, not often though), and B Complex when I'm tired and need a kick.

What I *do* remember and LOVE is Radox. Three mega capsules x1 daily and wait for them to dissolve. (Ouch)

Do you take 6 of the Flintstones daily? I'm taking 2 Centrum Silver...wondering now if that's enough. I also take 3 of the chewable calcium and a sublingual B complex. What is Radox???
:)

WASaBubbleButt · 10-02-2007, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Lynn_Marie

Do you take 6 of the Flintstones daily? I'm taking 2 Centrum Silver...wondering now if that's enough. I also take 3 of the chewable calcium and a sublingual B complex. What is Radox???
:)

I'd have to look at Centrum Silver to see if there is anything you shouldn't take too much of, I don't remember. But most vitamins... well, ALL vitamins the bioavailability of them is not good meaning, you don't absorb much of them.

Radox is something I get from Netrition.com - The Internet's Premier Nutrition Superstore! or AllStarHealth.com - Vitamins and Nutritional Supplements at Discounted Prices. It's supposed to get rid of free radicals or something. I'm not really sure why it works I just know that if I take them I lose weight faster. When I stop taking them I stop losing quickly. As many times as I've started/stopped/started/stopped I see the difference each time so I keep taking them.

I really should open the capsules and put them in juice or something but I just wait for them to dissolve in my pouch. Sometimes a part of the capsule gets stuck for a few minutes bit it dissolves fast enough. They are horsepills and you have to take three daily.

I can't say I notice a difference in how I feel, I don't have more energy or anything. I just notice I lose weight. But I don't know they are supposed to work that way.

I don't care why or how they work ;) I just know they are. HA!

**FairyFacade** · 10-02-2007, 07:13 PM

I take 2 flintstones, and 2 tums (extra strength) a day.. I take the flintstones at 2 different times now, but I always took the tums together.. last doc visit the nurse told me to split up the tums when I take it. You'd think I'd just throw it in routine with vitamins, but so far I keep taking them at the same time.