ok another set of questions

1st i don't know if i did this right i bought some multivitamins from some shop near me superdrug i think it was and they were dead cheap only 79p i also bought cod liver oil tablets ~ same price.
The multivitamins i looked at had no iron in them or so i thought they said they had

Vit A
Vit D
Vit E
Vit C
Thiamin (Vitamin B1)
Rioboflavin (Vitamin B2)
Niacin
Vitamin B6
Folic Acid
Vitamin B12
Pantothenic Acid
All of these were 100 % RDA so i thought sound no iron as every multivit i have picked up has 14mg of iron so i bought the multivits and cod liver oil and when i get home i look at the pack again and on the ingredients it says a multitude of ingredients and when it gets to colours it say (Titanium Oxides,Iron Oxides) "IRON" s*** i thought why did i not see that before so does this mean that coz it has iron in the colouring they are no good or would that be nominal as it doesnt actually have the Iron in the RDA like it does with all the other Vits.

Hope that makes sense as i am not to good at explaining things in writing.

Another thing why were they so Cheap does that mean they are rubbish anyway i went to holland and barrett and the only multivits they had without Iron was for over 50's now i know i'm kicking on but i aint near the big 50 yet and they were a tenner which is a bit pricey for me as if i have to take supplements there is no way i can afford to stick to this plan if these are the prices i am looking at i know you only get what u pay for but sadly i would not be able to afford all these supplements i hear people say they take.
I took no supplements whatsoever for 3 weeks so i decided to try and take some as i don't think in the long term it would be too smart to do without them if you lack certain minerals/vitamins on Atkins.
What do you think !!!!!

Hi Carbcutter

I'm not sure why you are worried about iron in your multivitamins. I take a multivitamin and mineral tablet anyway which of course contains iron.

The price of multivitamins does vary a lot and to some extent you do get what you pay for. I would say that for now what you are taking is fine. I certainly found that after 6 months I needed to add in extra potassium and then calcium and magnesium as I was getting light headed at the gym (potassium deficiency) and muscle cramps (magnesium deficiency). I'm fine now. This is all a matter of choice and not essential, but keeping everything in balance does help.

i thought that it told you not to take multivitamins with iron in them on the atkins diet?

Yes he does...I sort of assumed that was because of the high red meat content...SL

Thinking about the iron issue. The only reason I can think that he says to avoid this is because iron tablets are known to make you constipated. I certainly had that as a teenager when I had them in hospital. Can't see anyother reason why it should be avoided. I've never read that in any other low carb book I have read and from my profile you will see that that is quite a few.