Vitamins

Oh that's good. I used not to take vitamins and not eating veggies but now I've changed my eating life style too and glad that me and hubby are both taking and keeping vitamins now just making sure that all vitamins we take are good and not going to expired anytime soon;-)

I think what you did so far is perfect and you don't need to change your style of living. Switching to vegan style may have it's benefits, but from what I've read it's not that useful, it can even be dangerous. You will, indeed, lose all the benefits that vitamins of animal products will give you, basically everything useful. No artificial substance can replace the good natural vitamin D in an egg, for example. Castor oil is also essential and you'll have to lose it, too. I don't know, I would think over and over again everything before I make that huge step.

It sounds like your grandmother was an incredibly smart woman and you should definitely be thankful for having someone that raised you in such a healthy manner. I love the idea of having a balance on your plate of something green, orange, and red. That way you can get incredibly important things for your body such as Chlorophyll, Beta Carotene and Lycopene. Supplements and vitamins are great but we should really try to get as much nutrients as possible from our diet because that is the best way for our bodies to digest those minerals and vitamins. I also have taken fish oil and agree with you that capsules would probably be better. I had some lemon flavored cod liver oil and man that flavor just really sticks on your taste buds for way too long. lol. Anyways I don't take too many specific singular vitamins, I take a lot of supplements though that are formulated for specific purposes like inflammation, men's health, mental ability, longevity, and so forth. Most of these have vitamins and minerals included in them as well as herbal formulas to help with what they were made for. I have been missing a daily multi-vitamin for a while though but when I do have enough money for multi-vitamins I like to buy my vitamins whole food. Whole food vitamins come from all food-like resources allowing your body to better utilize the nutrients contained. Much longevity to you and yours, hopefully we can all spread the beneficial effects of a healthy lifestyle.

I dont really take vitamin supplements. I am afraid that I might just inject myself with so much toxic and will manifest later on as you grow old. I would rather take vegetables and fruits where the real nutrients that our body needs come from.

All fruits have vitamins and not only vit. C. Bananas have vit. B as well. Vitamine D is in sunlight also in winter so do go out, it's the best way to get it. Real butter has vitamins too (you do not eat an animal for that). Iron you find in spinach and calcium is also in tablets (made of plants). Nettle, mint etc have all kind of vitamins as well. Garlic, onions, red (green, yellow) pepper are healthy. So are nuts and seeds. It's hard to get a lack of it even if you do not eat animals. BTW I do find the amount of vit C you use(d) very high. I wonder why you take take/took that much since the body is not able to store it, you will pee it out. Olive oil is very healthy too btw. Iodine also (which you can eat, breath in (sea air) or get in via the skin. Cod liver oil my granny gave to us as well, can't remember I did really find it that terrible. But it's a long time ago I did taste it.

I try to take vitamins everyday. It's usually part of my morning routine to take multivitamin pills each day. I think it's very good for my health because I have noticed I have becoming sick less often. But that also could be contributed to the fact that I have tried exercising more often now. But it doesn't hurt to take vitamins to help fortify your immune system.

Vitamins are good supplements for us as most of the food are now processed food or has lost its vitamins and nutrients. My mum also advised us to take cod liver oil but I don't quite like the taste. However, I know the importance of vitamins to our health. So, I normally have multi-vitamins and Vitamin C for my family. Talking about supplement, I think I better take my collagen pill now. Thanks for reminding!

a pleasant day belindayhughes, before i am taking my vitamins religiously. as i always make it sure that i drink it regularly. however due to some budget constraint, i seldom drink it now. as there were times, i was not able to buy one for my consumption. but, i make it sure that i replaced it with some fruits.

i never take vitamins daily and even though, i have some bottles of vitamins here such as the same with what you mention. i still forget to take it. food we eat is not enough since they get not to stay or absorb by the body for so long. so we need to take the vitamins in pill or capsule form on order to achieve the maximum benefits. so it tired me to take vitamins daily and i need to get reminded constantly. i am about to make a change in my habit and focus on the important thins that benefit me and that includes not forgetting to take my vitamins supplement daily.

I used to take 1000 mg. of vitamin C everyday but I stopped when I heard someone having allergic reactions to the vitamin. I am not taking Conzace, composed of 500 mg. vit. C, E, and zinc. I just buy that over the counter, I didn't go to a doctor for that, but I just asked from the pharmacy's clerk.

I take vitamin C too everyday. My mom told us to take care of our health since we're all working. Its not only vitamin C. She also includes for the bones and there are also vegetables vitamins since we're not eating too much vegetables. It seems that grandmother knows best, he he... I think they know a lot of things when it comes to health.

I use vitamin E and B since I don't have the habit to eat much. I don't know what has happened to my appetite so, lately I was recommended the mufti-vitamin in one capsule daily

taking vitamins supplement capsules are really great but i still choose to eat my "vitamins" daily. i really agree with your vegan lifestyle idea because veggies can really do wonders in our body and can really boost are immune system. since i cannot take ascorbic acid due to my high stomach acidity, i make sure that i ate at least one fruit a day to sustain my vitamin needs and a lot of green veggies for fiber :)

My daily food consumption consists of meat and vegetables plus lots of different fruits like banana, papaya, pine apple, tomato etc. That's where my vitamins come from. It's not as practical as taking vitamin pills and tablets, but my family and I just enjoy the eating process together :)

The only supplements I take is calcium tablets because I am deficient in calcium and cod liver oil tablets, because I do a lot of strenuous workouts at the gym I need to keep my joints lubricated as they take a lot of pressure from the training that I do. One of old doctors said that Centrum was good, as he took them. Apparently Centrum has all the extra vitamins from A to Z.

I envy your family for being such health conscious. But I do agree that we must all start having a healthy diet to make us look young and healthy even if we reach 70 or 80 years old.

I dont take many, the dr. once told me i needed more vitamin c. So I take those, thats about all.

we have to eat/drink vitamin everyday, i do it everyday in the morning before go to office, badly even not get breakfast, just with mineral water and drink of honey. In this modern zone we should prepared our body as we can, as we know today so many people infected if they have no good.

From the point of view of how you presented your topic it seem' that your right in your decision in following the footstep of your grandmother. In discovering if not proving that vitamins is effective or not researchers always go for an experiment using other as a training ground of the effectiveness of their new products. In your case you are a witnessed to what can be construed as a result of a true experience of taking vitamins. However I also advice you to follow the advice of your doctor as the case maybe for they are the authority.