Do you take in extra vitamins beyond meals?  

Hi Cathy,

I am very much appreciating about this discussion and would like
to inform some more points to have the good knowledge about the
Vitamins. Generally our body needs all the Vitamins and Minerals
in order to perform the good biological activity, so that Vitamin and
and Minerals would available from the rich foods like fruits, vegetables,
meat, fish, egg, milk, cheese, fiber foods, nuts, etc., when you don't have
the chance to get all the foods together in a day then your body would
short of those vitamins and minerals , finally you are going to gets lose
some of the immunity power. That was the reasons most of the medical
professional always advised us to take any vitamins and minerals tablets
everyday in order to keep the body to fit and also to save from the diseases.

Have a good day.

HI CathyLee2009


Extra vitamin.... A questionable matter. For marketing the word vitamin is used in large scale.Vitamin in body lotion. Vitamin in candy. vitamin in chips. But the we should know utility and necessity of vitamin. Vitamin are those substance that consumed by the body if there is necessity in the body. No extra vitamin is stored in the body. So we should diagnosis the necessity of vitamin in our body. If there any scarcity of that we should apply it. Then it is useful unless go vain. So marketizing of vitamin is only the product promotional propaganda of the marketer. They know the weakness of people for vitamin and applied for sale promotion. So I think that suppliment of vitamin under diagnosis and medical practitioner is only the best way. We should not be instigated be the attractive advertisement of any company.

Thanks.

The only Vitamin that I take is Evening Primrose as it helps with the Hormones but apart from that no I really do not take any Vitamins I have tried them but really did not find any difference with them

Generally I would agree with the notion that if we eat a healthy diet, there is no need for extra vitamins. I only take fish oil capsules, because I get very little essential oemga 3 in my diet.

My 16 year old daughter is a vegan. She is not a particualy gopod vegan in that she doesnt eat a wide range of vegetables, salds & beans/ lentils. Thus she needs vitamins. She has iron tablets, echinacea, zinc & garlic/vitC/horse radish.

I take iron and multi-vitamins because it helps when you cant get all your daily required vitamins. It is also good to get the extra vitamins in your body when your younger, it helps with growth and your immune system. I think i have seen a website where it showed a test that was done and it showed the extra vitamins are helpful. Calcium vitamins are good for older people because it helps make their bones less brittle and less chance of arthritis.

Yes I do take multivitamins and it is very good because I don't believe that we get all our daily vitamin requirements. How many of us count calories in our food not to talk of vitamins. Supplemants don't do any harm to our bodies, so I don't see why we should not take it.

Those who are selling expensive health products are also people who are looking for ways to earn. Selling is a good business. If you can afford those products, then there's no problem if you can buy some. But if you are on a tight budget, there is no need for those expensive health products. Our body needs enough vitamins and minerals. The sources of those vitamins and minerals are the food we eat. Therefore, if we are eating right, we don't need to take extra vitamins and minerals. I have not been taking extra vitamins and minerals, except for some few occasions. Have a happy and wonderful day.

Hello CathyLee2009 this is checkmail and often do take in some extra vitamins in form of food-suppliments like fruits, etc.Yeah our health requires energy to perform for us, so need in more calories and vitamins.Our health requires a lot o energy nowadays, so its natural that alone our meal can't satisfy our health requirement, but have to depend upon some fruits, salads, etc.Yes i do take extra vitamins for gaining energy but only its nature limited and not in artificial suppliments.How about Oranges?

They say vitamins boosts your immune system, some medicines say they help to fight saome diseases or prevent???but for me, its still your lifestyle,,,, how you be aware of your sorroundings and the way u eat ^^..

Hi CathyLee,

I don’t prefer to eat any vitamin tablets myself. I will take it if my doctor prescribes it. I know vitamins are essential to our body and it may not be sufficient in our food. But how can we assess that we are lacking this vitamin or that. I strongly believe if we take anything in excess quantity it will affect our body badly. So better to get it from our diets, eating fruits and vegetable, drinking milk, eating balanced diets etc. else seek the help of a doctor and eat the vitamins tablets accordingly.