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Vitamin Supplements
by lilypad300, Nov 29, 2008 11:01AM
Hi all.
I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend.
Here's my question. . .
I'm trying to improve my health overall, and am taking vitamin supplements & just want to check in with those of you here who are supplement takers. . .
This is what I am taking:
~ calcium/magnesium (3 pills = 1000mg calcium, 500 mg magnesium)
*each pill taken spaced throughout the day
~vitamin d 400 iu taken twice a day (with the am and pm cal/mag pill)
~multi vitamin (I take this at dinner w/ evening cal/mag pill) w/
*400 iu vit. d,
*2,500 iu vit. A (50%)
*100% RDA of C, E, K, Folic Acid, Iron, Zinc, Selenium, Copper, Manganese
*125% RDA of B1, B2, Niacin, B6, B12, Pantothenic Acid,
*20% RDA Calcium
*13% RDA Magnesium
So, all in all, I'm taking ~1200 iu VItamin D
~1200mg Calcium
~other vitamins
Do you think this is too much D? I've read a lot about D lately and want to make sure that I am taking enough, but not overdoing it. . .I don't get a whole lot of natural light (dark when i leave for work, dark when i get home, no windows at work etc)
what do you take? how/when do you take your supplements?
I also take .137 synthroid in the am because of a TT for Graves Disease
(all my supplements are spaced out 4 hours or more from the synthroid)
I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend.
Here's my question. . .
I'm trying to improve my health overall, and am taking vitamin supplements & just want to check in with those of you here who are supplement takers. . .
This is what I am taking:
~ calcium/magnesium (3 pills = 1000mg calcium, 500 mg magnesium)
*each pill taken spaced throughout the day
~vitamin d 400 iu taken twice a day (with the am and pm cal/mag pill)
~multi vitamin (I take this at dinner w/ evening cal/mag pill) w/
*400 iu vit. d,
*2,500 iu vit. A (50%)
*100% RDA of C, E, K, Folic Acid, Iron, Zinc, Selenium, Copper, Manganese
*125% RDA of B1, B2, Niacin, B6, B12, Pantothenic Acid,
*20% RDA Calcium
*13% RDA Magnesium
So, all in all, I'm taking ~1200 iu VItamin D
~1200mg Calcium
~other vitamins
Do you think this is too much D? I've read a lot about D lately and want to make sure that I am taking enough, but not overdoing it. . .I don't get a whole lot of natural light (dark when i leave for work, dark when i get home, no windows at work etc)
what do you take? how/when do you take your supplements?
I also take .137 synthroid in the am because of a TT for Graves Disease
(all my supplements are spaced out 4 hours or more from the synthroid)
Member Comments (1)
by Weesy68, Dec 04, 2008 09:01AM
Just be sure to have your vitamin levels tested every so often. I take 2,000 units of Vit D per day but that is per doc's orders. My Vit D levels are at 11.8 and he will retest in 2 months, but I did read that Vit D is one you have to be careful with so just get the tests. I have heard some states health departments will run blood tests for a small fee about what you pay for a doctor visit and they will run quite a few for that, including your vitamin levels so not a bad idea if you just want to check your levels and not worry about going to the doc. Although, you prob need to be consult the doc if something looks off.
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