What brand name vitamins are you taking?
 

I'm sure i should be taking them since i am feeling tired by 3pm. So i want to know what vitamins are you taking and what do they contain. What are all the contents for. I am very uneducated about vitamins and want to make sure i am choosing the right one for me.

I wake up at 5:30 am and start work by 7am. I eat breakfast about twice a week and i have lunch at 11am or noon. Dinner is arround 7 or 8pm and i'm usually in bed by 11:30pm. So it could be the fact that i have a boring desk job and i don'tallow myself enough time to sleep at night. But if vitamins are not going to hurt me then ill start taking them.

GNC Megaman multivitamin

Best multi I've tried.

I also take a calcium and a potassium, but not much separates them from other brands.

I take a GNC brand of multivit without iron and I take Oil of Oregano

So what should i be taking? Is a multivitamin enough for now? Is there a list that i can look at to see what each vitamin and mineral is for? Why do i need to take a vitiamin? Will it make me more aware during the day? Is there already a thread explaining all about vitamins?

GNC Ultra Mega GreenServing Size 3 tablets
Servings Per Container 30
Amount Per Serving % DV
Vitamin A (75% as beta-Carotene and 25% as Acetate) 20000 IU 400%
Vitamin C (as Ascorbic Acid) 500 mg 833%
Vitamin D (as Cholecalciferol) 400 IU 100%
Vitamin E (as natural d-alpha Tocopheryl Succinate) 300 IU 1000%
Thiamin (as Thiamin Mononitrate) 25 mg 1667%
Riboflavin (Vitamin B-2) 25 mg 1471%
Niacin (as Niacinamide) 25 mg 125%
Vitamin B-6 (as Pyridoxine Hydrochloride) 25 mg 1250%
Folic Acid 400 mcg 100%
Vitamin B-12 (as Cyanocobalamin) 250 mcg 4167%
Biotin 50 mcg 17%
Pantothenic Acid (as Calcium d-Pantothenate) 25 mg 250%
Calcium (as Calcium Carbonate and Hydrolyzed Protein Chelate) 50 mg 5%
Iron (as Hydrolyzed Protein Chelate and Ferrous Fumerate) 10 mg 56%
Iodine (as Kelp) 100 mcg 67%
Magnesium (as Magnesium Oxide and Hydrolyzed Protein Chelate) 50 mg 12%
Zinc (as Hydrolyzed Protein Chelate) 15 mg 100%
Selenium (as L-Selenomethionine) 50 mcg 71%
Copper (as Cupric Oxide and Hydrolyzed Protein Chelate) 2 mg 100%
Manganese (as Hydrolyzed Protein Chelate) 10 mg 500%
Chromium (as Hydrolyzed Protein Chelate and Chromium Picolinate) 100 mcg 83%
Molybdenum (as Hydrolyzed Protein Chelate) 150 mcg 200%

Spirulina Powder 400 mg **
Green Tea Leaves Extract (Camellia sinensis) 250 mg **
Citrus Bioflavonoids Complex 100 mg **
Safflower Oil 100 mg **
Flax Seed Oil (Linum usitatissimum) 100 mg **
Borage Oil (Borago officinalis) 100 mg **
Wheat Grass Powder (Triticum aestivum) 100 mg **
Barley Grass Powder (Hordeum vulgare) 100 mg **
Bee Pollen 100 mg **
Trimethylglycine (TMG) 100 mg **
Choline Bitartrate 50 mg **
para-Aminobenzoic Acid (PABA) 50 mg **
Chlorella Green Algae Powder 50 mg **
Siberian Root Powder (Eleutherococcus senticosus) 50 mg **
RNA (Yeast Free) 35 mg **
Inositol 25 mg **
Rutin 25 mg **
Quercetin Dihydrate 25 mg **
Oat Bran Powder (Avena sativa) 25 mg **
Apple Pectin 25 mg **
Betaine Hydrochloride 20 mg **
Papain 20 mg **
Bromelain 20 mg **
N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) 15 mg **
DNA (Yeast Free) 10 mg **
Odorless Garlic Powder (Allium sativum) 10 mg **
Echinacea Root Powder (Echinacea angustifolia) 10 mg **
Milk Thistle Extract (Silybum marianum) 10 mg **
Goldenseal Root Powder (Hydrastis canadensis) 10 mg **
Ginkgo Biloba Extract 10 mg **
Cayenne Pepper (Capsicum frutescens) 10 mg **
alpha-Lipoic Acid 10 mg **
Hesperidin Complex 5 mg **
L-Glutathione 5 mg **
alpha-Amylase 5 mg **
Lipase 5 mg **
Carotenoids (as Natural Carotenoid Powder) 4 mg **
Cellulase 2.5 mg **
Boron (as Protein Chelate and Boron Gluconate Powder) 1 mg **
Silicon 1 mg **
Lycopene 500 mcg **
Other Ingredients: Maltodextrin, Cellulose, Povidone, Vegetable Acetoglycerides, Titanium Dioxide (Natural Mineral Whitener), Chlorophyll, Rose Hips Powder (Rosina canina)

I take Atkins Basic 3 and Essential Oils. You can look up whats in them at the website.

Basically I take those because he reccomended them in the book but the other reason is I can't seem to find a multi vit. other than Atkins that doesn't have Iron.

Good luck
Jenny

I take Thorne Research brand vitamins and buy them through my naturopath. They're the best ones I've ever found for me, no GI side effects and totally pure.

I take a multivitamin; B complex, Relora, Seriphos, and chromium for my adrenal issues; and extra folic acid. I also take Nordic Naturals Omega 3.

Kirkland (Costco) multi-vitamin w/o iron, 300 tabs for $12.00, great stuff!

So why is everyone trying to stay away from the iron?

Multis
 

I take GNC Ultra Mega Gold
It's the best one because it's got a high level of B vitamins to help increase energy levels. It's also got a lot of antioxidants to clean out junk and toxins that have built up in your body from eating all the carbs that we all used to and it has digestive enzymes to break down your food properly so that you dont get bloated from the extra protein that we are getting doing a lc diet.

I also take GNC Ultra Mega Gold.

Garden of Life Living multi is the best! Here is a link:

www.beyondprobiotics.net

LIVING MULTI™ - OPTIMAL FORMULA is the one I take. That guy has a great story.

Just trying to push this back up so i can get more answers. Thanks to all that have replied. The Ultra Mega sounds like the best from what i have learned i like gold because it does not have iron and i dont think i need any more iron since i am eating a ton of red meat. and the Green has fibre which the gold doesnt list so i am still looking for the best of both worlds. I may go with the Gold and then take another fibre supplement

I take Centrum silver ( they are my husbands, and they do not have iron), I also take a B-complex, Citracal, and Flax seed oil.

Oh, my doctor told me when I asked him how I knew I had a good mulitvitamin, and he told me to get a glass and put some white vinegar in it, put one of your vitamins in it , if it's totally disolved in 30 minutes, than it's a good one. Something about absorption, etc. So, cost is not always a factor, I tried it, and within 15 minutes, my vitamin was gone.

Just something I thought I would pass along.