Do you take supplements?

Ronni

Ronni

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If you do or need to take medications, how do you keep up with them?

I’m not on any medications but I take a number of supplements each day and organize them into these pill minders. Ron doesn’t take any medications either but he takes a lot of different supplements as well, and keep them in the bottles which he stores in a small bin that he keeps in the kitchen cupboard.

It would drive me crazy to open each of those bottles every day and dole out the supplements but that’s what he does. It’s interesting to me how people can be very different about the way they manage there pills.
How do you?
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Ronni said:
If you do or need to take medications, how do you keep up with them?

I’m not on any medications but I take a number of supplements each day and organize them into these pill minders. Ron doesn’t take any medications either but he takes a lot of different supplements as well, and keep them in the bottles which he stores in a small bin that he keeps in the kitchen cupboard.

It would drive me crazy to open each of those bottles every day and dole out the supplements but that’s what he does. It’s interesting to me how people can be very different about the way they manage there pills.
How do you?
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I think those ''pill minders'' are a great idea, they're not only more time efficient but you can also tell what or if you forgot to take them. My only worry is, do those different pills confined together affect each other in potency or safety? Just wondering.
 
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I take a multivitamin and vitamin B daily, I also have vitamin C in pill form and I’ll use it if I feel an illness coming on such a cold or other bug. My pharmacist has been awesome in giving me guidance about this.
 

Be careful. I have read that when you take a supplement, it increases the need for another supplement, and so on and so on. In my 30's I USED to take like about 10 vitamins and then stopped taking any after I read that, just try to vary what I eat every day.
 
Catlady said:
Be careful. I have read that when you take a supplement, it increases the need for another supplement, and so on and so on. In my 30's I USED to take like about 10 vitamins and then stopped taking any after I read that, just try to vary what I eat every day.
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This isn’t true at all. I think you have your facts mixed up. Minerals especially need to be balanced like calcium / magnesium and you CAN overdose on vitamins. Some are water-soluble and some are fat soluble . There’s a huge difference. Taking too much iron can be damaging.

Some supplements can interact with medication and some can create kidney stones.

Many vitamins have dangerous fillers in them or colours that aren’t needed which the body can react negatively to.

I keep mine in their individual bottles as I can’t stand the smell of them in the pill containers, but the containers are a good idea.
 
I've been taking supplements for over 20 years. I used to use the pill minders but as the number of pills increased, the compartments in the pill minders were too small. Since, I keep then in their bottles.
 
My PCP does not favor supplements but my kidney specialists insists I take vitamin D as mine is very low. PCP says after talking with kidney doctor that to continue taking vitamin D. So with regular meds I take a multivitamin, a vitamin C and two vitamin D tabs a day. My pharmacist daughter says that if you take supplements to take the Nature Made brand. My PCP says the same. So that is the only brand I take.
 
@Catlady none of my research indicates any problem keeping the pills together. And they’re together two weeks or less, because I take them every day. So I’m not particularly worried.

@oldal My original set of pill minders didn’t fit all my supplements once I added several to my daily regimen. I found my current ones with considerably larger compartments in the pharmacy section of my Kroger grocery store for a couple bucks each.
 
I also use a 14 day pill minder for the thyroid prescription I've been taking since age 19, plus some vitamin D, Glucosamine/Chondroitin/MSM (hoping it helps with my osteoarthritis), and a B complex (need the B12).
 
IMO, supplements & vitamins benefit the manufacturer & the seller; no one else (much like bottled water). Our system is designed to extract nutrients from food. There is probably a psychological benefit for most people who are convinced of their benefit.
 
Catlady said:
I think those ''pill minders'' are a great idea, they're not only more time efficient but you can also tell what or if you forgot to take them. My only worry is, do those different pills confined together affect each other in potency or safety? Just wondering.
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I am concerned about them being together also like Catlady so I keep them in their original bottles. That also keeps them from light, air, moisture.
  • Omega 3 (I don't eat enough fish, cant eat nuts etc.)​
  • Ubiquinol CoQ10 (as we age our bodies stop creating this from the ubiquinone and from what we eat)​
  • Vitamin D (can't get enough from sunlight. helps to keep our eyes, teeth, bones and gum tissue, and more as we age)​
  • Ocular Pressure & Retina Defense (to Prevent Glaucoma, increase circulation to eyes, vessels don't work as well as we age)​
  • Vision Essentials (a very comprehensive formula to prevent cataracts, macular degeneration, other eye aging problems)​
  • Cognizin Citicoline [stabilized CDP Choline (cytidine 5'diphosphocholine, phosphatidylcholine) (aging brains stop creating this)​
  • Meriva® Curcumin Phytosome Phosphatidylcholine Complex (prevents inflammation, helps the brain & joint cartilage)​
  • UCII Collagen, Hyaluronic Acid, Boron Formula (to keep what joint & spine cartilage I have left, helps gum ligaments)​
  • Probiotics (we rotate through several brands because they all contain different strains)​
  • After Age 65 Multivitamin (low dosage just to fill in the gaps what I might not be absorbing/getting from my diet; especially the B12)​
 
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Homeschoolie said:
I am concerned about them being together also like Catlady so I keep them in their original bottles. That also keeps them from light, air, moisture.

  • Omega 3 (I don't eat enough fish, cant eat nuts etc.)​
  • Ubiquinol CoQ10 (as we age our bodies stop creating this from the ubiquinone and from what we eat)​
  • Vitamin D (can't get enough from sunlight. helps to keep our eyes, teeth, bones and gum tissue, and more as we age)​
  • Ocular Pressure & Retina Defense (to Prevent Glaucoma, increase circulation to eyes, vessels don't work as well as we age)​
  • Vision Essentials (a very comprehensive formula to prevent cataracts, macular degeneration, other eye aging problems)​
  • Cognizin Citicoline [stabilized CDP Choline (cytidine 5'diphosphocholine, phosphatidylcholine) (aging brains stop creating this)​
  • Meriva® Curcumin Phytosome Phosphatidylcholine Complex (prevents inflammation, helps the brain & joint cartilage)​
  • UCII Collagen, Hyaluronic Acid, Boron Formula (to keep what joint & spine cartilage I have left, helps gum ligaments)​
  • Probiotics (we rotate through several brands because they all contain different strains)​
  • After Age 65 Multivitamin (low dosage just to fill in the gaps what I might not be absorbing/getting from my diet; especially the B12)​
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That’s impressive. 😁👍
 
Homeschoolie said:
I am concerned about them being together also like Catlady so I keep them in their original bottles. That also keeps them from light, air, moisture.

  • Omega 3 (I don't eat enough fish, cant eat nuts etc.)​
  • Ubiquinol CoQ10 (as we age our bodies stop creating this from the ubiquinone and from what we eat)​
  • Vitamin D (can't get enough from sunlight. helps to keep our eyes, teeth, bones and gum tissue, and more as we age)​
  • Ocular Pressure & Retina Defense (to Prevent Glaucoma, increase circulation to eyes, vessels don't work as well as we age)​
  • Vision Essentials (a very comprehensive formula to prevent cataracts, macular degeneration, other eye aging problems)​
  • Cognizin Citicoline [stabilized CDP Choline (cytidine 5'diphosphocholine, phosphatidylcholine) (aging brains stop creating this)​
  • Meriva® Curcumin Phytosome Phosphatidylcholine Complex (prevents inflammation, helps the brain & joint cartilage)​
  • UCII Collagen, Hyaluronic Acid, Boron Formula (to keep what joint & spine cartilage I have left, helps gum ligaments)​
  • Probiotics (we rotate through several brands because they all contain different strains)​
  • After Age 65 Multivitamin (low dosage just to fill in the gaps what I might not be absorbing/getting from my diet; especially the B12)​
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I stopped taking supplements in my 30's, but maybe I'll add a couple or so now to give myself a fighting chance of outliving my fur babies (and not leave them orphans).

I'm thinking of getting the multi-vitamin Centrum Silver (for old people), a Vitamin D and E and C. I eat plenty/love nuts, so I should be okay with the Omega 3. Comments?
 
Catlady said:
I stopped taking supplements in my 30's, but maybe I'll add a couple or so now to give myself a fighting chance of outliving my fur babies (and not leave them orphans).

I'm thinking of getting the multi-vitamin Centrum Silver (for old people), a Vitamin D and E and C. I eat plenty/love nuts, so I should be okay with the Omega 3. Comments?
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I believe that multivitamins are very important as there is no way you can get all of your nutrients from just food due to the fact that there is no way to know exactly what is in each bit of food that you consume and there will be vitamins and minerals that are not ingested that are necessary for health.
 
Lc jones said:
I believe that multivitamins are very important as there is no way you can get all of your nutrients from just food due to the fact that there is no way to know exactly what is in each bit of food that you consume and there will be vitamins and minerals that are not ingested that are necessary for health.
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Oh and in answer to your question I take Walmarts generic Equate multivitamin they seem to work very well for me.
 
Lc jones said:
I believe that multivitamins are very important as there is no way you can get all of your nutrients from just food due to the fact that there is no way to know exactly what is in each bit of food that you consume and there will be vitamins and minerals that are not ingested that are necessary for health.
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Not only that, our soils aren’t as rich as they once were, pesticides are used, foods are genetically modified, foods are over processed ; all of which can leave us nutrient deprived. It is wise to supplement important vitamins and minerals since they help encryptions of our DNA to be duplicated; an important part of cell replication. Once our DNA starts breaking down, then that’s what gets copied.
Healthy cells, create a healthy body.
 

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