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Old 01-15-2013, 05:16 PM   #16  
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How has this worked for you so far? I've considered adding in some CoQ10 for other things, but if it will help keep my skin in good condition as I lose weight that might be thing to push me over the edge between considering it and buying it!
I still have so much to lose that I'm just now starting to see wrinkling on my belly and can pinch a little paper thin skin, so as for firmness, I'm really not sure. What I have noticed is that my "perpetual black eye" is gone My left eye has always had a dark circle around it and is puffy at the bottom. It went away after I started the Q10.
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Old 01-15-2013, 05:46 PM   #17  
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I started taking a generic store brand women's 1 a day vitamin because it was the only thing I could find that contained iron! I wasn't able to give blood before and I can now so it's been a great help. I noticed I slept better and was slightly more regular after I started but those affects have tapered off so it might've just been the influx of nutrients that caused that.
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Old 01-15-2013, 07:28 PM   #18  
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I used to take a ton but now I'm just taking liquid B's, RAW probiotic and Cod Liver Oil. Occasionally I take a multi when I think about it.
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Old 01-15-2013, 08:39 PM   #19  
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31 here, but close! Lol

I started taking vitamins a few months into my weight loss, when I started losing a bit of hair. I now still take Biotin, iron and B-complex daily.
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Old 01-15-2013, 09:02 PM   #20  
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DHA for concentration and mood
B12 for energy
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Old 01-15-2013, 10:14 PM   #21  
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WOW! Thank you so much for the responses ladies! Now I know I should be taking something. BUT I am completely overwhelmed! Haha! I need to do some research!

Do you all take your vitamins in the morning or at night before you go to bed?!
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Old 01-16-2013, 01:13 AM   #22  
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Usually in the morning with my metformin WITH FOOD. all those vitamins on an empty stomach could make you feel sick. I suggest start out with a womens multivitamin or a prenatal. Go from there.
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Old 01-16-2013, 04:56 AM   #23  
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Just as a side note, taking supplements should not be a replacement for eating foods that contain the vitamins and nutrients needed for a balanced diet. Obviously it's not going to hurt you to take supplements, but take them alongside a healthy diet. It's also useful to look at RDA of some of these multivitamins - when I was taking them I would try and make sure I wasn't getting 200% of everything.

I, personally, didn't really notice much of a difference when I took supplements. I took fish oil supplements for a while but noticed a correlation with my skin breaking out so stopped.
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Old 01-16-2013, 07:43 AM   #24  
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I take mine at lunch (my vitamin bottle sits on my desk) or else I never remember to take them. Just make sure your tummy is full full full. I get miserably sick to my stomach if it's not!
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OK...Any have a suggestion for a good multi? Does brand matter? What do I need to make sure that it has? Does it need to have iron?

And I need something specifically for energy! What would that be? B12?
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Yes - B12 is energy.

I don't particularly think the brand matters as much as the content.

Mine has:

Vitamin A 4000IU
Vitamin C 60mg
Vitamin D 400IU
Vitamin E 40IU
Vitamin B-6 2mg
Folic Acid 400mcg
Vitamin B-12 10mcg
Biotin 150mcg
Pantothenic acid 10mg
Iodine 80mcg
Zinc 5mg
Choline 60mcg
Inositol 40mcg

I don't know what 1/2 of that is.
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Old 01-16-2013, 10:57 AM   #27  
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Most multi's are ok. My nutritionist recommends going with a prenatal for most women, planning a baby or not.

I read somewhere once that if you take them first thing or on an empty stomach you're likely to have more trouble absorbing them, so I always take them at lunch so that I've already had one meal.
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Old 01-16-2013, 12:37 PM   #28  
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I take my vitamins mostly at night, take so many that when I am a little hungry at night I won't be after taking all of them. I used to take the gnc woman's multivitamin, which I thought worked better then a regular one cause it turned my pee neon yellow, just made me feel like it was absorbing better. I also like the liquid ones, if u just try a few different ones u will find one to your liking.
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Old 01-16-2013, 01:17 PM   #29  
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I am on birth control, and the doctor said they could lower your levels of vitamins. So she recommended I take a multi-vitamin. I take the gummy women's vitamins. And I take them at night, so I sleep through the nauseous feeling that vitamins soemtimes give me.
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Old 01-16-2013, 01:23 PM   #30  
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I take Vitafusion MultiVites each day. I have trouble swallowing the large pills, so gummies work great for me.
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