Vitamins: Can they be too strong?

Thanks, those are great questions to think about. I have made a lot of changes in my diet as far as chaning to everything whole grain and fat free and healtheir all around plus sugar free. I have been eating when I take my vitamins but perhaps not enough? I'm not a big eater during the day so I'll have like yogart or biscotti and coffee only, I'm just now getting to where I eat a real lunch. I didn't know that the iron could cause neausea, wow. Yeah it does have very high doses of it, it has almost double the dose for everything in it. Which is why I thought it was working, it does work great for me just that it makes me feel sick too.

I would try taking them with your largest meal of the day. You do have to be careful though. For example, if you drink milk (or anything with natural calcium) with your vitamin, the milk will keep the calcium in your vitamin from being absorbed. There is also something similar with Vitamin C, just can't think of it off the top of my head. I would probably stick to a vitamin that does not 100% fulfill all your needs for one day that way you can get what you need naturally. In reality, vitamins are great but it is better to get what you need from your food.

Thanks for the advice! I was taking them with my coffee which is more creamer and less coffee really so that could have helped the problem along.

That's an excellent idea! I drink organic apple juice twice a day for my asthma anyway and apple juice is sweet enough to hide most any other taste. I might just try that out, thanks!

I had been taking it with coffee everyday with a very light lunch, I think that's what did it.

I take a multi-vitamin because my doctor told me to, I have anemia and am low on a few other things as well. Since I also take meds for other issues I never have an appetite so I don't get enough of what I need through diet alone. I tried several vitamins and none helped like this one did... until it started to make me sick. I'll check that site out, thanks.

I don't like taking pills either but my doctor insisted I take a multi-vitamin daily. I think it could have been a combination of taking it with the wrong things and not enough food. I will try taking half of it and crushing it into juice as someone above mentioned, with a good lunch and then at dinner to see if that helps out.

Hi, what a great and informative post. I consider myself well educated and informed regarding nutrition and vitamins, but I learned something here.

Yes they have a lot of iron in them, more than the 100% you need as well as all the b's and pretty much every other mineral and vitamin known to man, lol. It has more than a centrum does and either 100% or more of what you need daily of each. It supposed to enhance your body/mind/engery/soul by Nature's Own or Nature Made... one of the two. It works great, stops all my aches and pains, keeps depression and fatigue away and gives me so much energy and a clearer mind and actual memory. The problem is that it only works if I can keep it down, lol. Maybe I should coat it in chocolate? Nothing that comes in chocolate can be bad for you... it's a rule.

Thanks! I didn't know that, I'll have to check out the doses on the bottle. I know that almost all of the vitamins on it are either 100% or more of the daily needs. I felt sick for a couple of days after so it could've been something like that.

Yes, you can, although they have raised the allowable amount on vitamin D. This is also where the iron begins to accumulate if you take too much. Like most people in the world, we can be badly depleted on the water-soluble vitamins, C and the B's being the most vital, and so not be getting the full nutritional benefit from your diet. ALL of the B vitamins are the most serious deficiencies we have in this country, and they are the MOST important for good health. For 'activating' all the other vitamins and minerals, for keeping the immune system strong, for aiding digestion by breaking down fats, for healthier hair, nails and skin, for proper brain function to the extent of preventing Alzheimer's, for stopping migraine headaches completely, even for emotional health by supporting mood elevating compounds... we NEED the B's the most! You know me... I'll be 60 in July and have spent half of that time trying to be a normal and productive human being again. I've chased 'snake oils', eaten things I don't want to mention in polite company, and taken pills by the pound... getting back to these basics is giving me my life back, with less poundage, more muscle tone, no constipation and NO migraines. I will only ever tell you the truth I've worked to find.