What supplements do you take for nutrition to get through the day?

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I feel so much better when I take my vitamins. Do you? What do you take?

In a nutshell, I take:

Mulitple vitamin and mineral QD

1200 mg Calcium with 500 mg of magnesium

120 to 600 mg (the later for driving a long trip) of gingo biboli

400 i.u. of Vit. E

500 to 1500 mg. Vit C (the later for feeling the need for extra protection)

Green Tea with Echinacea if I am feeling run down or want added protection

An estrogen vitamin replacement PRN called Estrotimes (it works fabulously for those flash moments)

I used to see an Acupuncturist regularly but have not in over 6 monthes due to unavailibility of having one. He would give me additional herbs. Honestly, I seem to be doing just fine without them.

I now refuse to work nights; Working nights was @#$% on my body and mental health. I work frequently but when I am off I rest a lot and drink lots of fluids. Trying to eat mostly veggies and low sweets (I struggle with a chocoholic tendancy when I want/have to be naughty).

Any ideas on weight loss suplements?

I would love to hear how you take care of your health! Please make comments!

Happy, prosperous, and safe New Year to you ALL!

In peace,

B.:)

Hi Brad,

You asked for a feedback, here we go.

I use Echinacea drops 2x 30 every day for 2 weeks and then I pause for 1 and start again. I was told to take these drops this way by a homopatic MD (as you stated, here in Austria and Germany we use a lot of "old fashioned" herbs and stuff in the hospital too)

But Echinacea won't do you any good against the real bad bugs, it works perfect against viral infections though.

As for the st. John (that is what I meant in my post,could have guessed the name in English, LOL) I tried the 450 mg and that was too much for me (I am petit, as you call it, I weigh 90 (european) pounds at a length of 1.54 (5.1?)) I couldn't sleep and got heartsensations, now I am on 300 mg. and that is perfect for me.

i only use it in winter, when the days are dark and wet and cold and brgggghhhhhhh.................

I also bought myself a special lamp, which should do the trick too, but my eyes got inflamed, so the lamp is gone.

I am not really depressed though, I would go and see a doctor then, it's just I hate winter and my mood is down to or below my shoes.

Accept when we go skiing on a beautiful sunny day!!!:cool:

But since we've got some work to do, that not so often.

As for the PMS and postmenopausal treatment, we use something called "Motherherbs". No idea of the real latin name, I'll try to find out.

Any way that works fine and a lot of my friends use this and are happy with it.

Take care, Renee

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Hi everyone,

Icant believe how many tablets everyone takes. I hate taking tablets. I take multivitamins and iron some of the time and yes I do feel better for it and suffer less minor illnesses.

I try to eat healthy, but I love food. Im not overweight. I balance a pizza/ chocolate binge with a lowfat/ veggie/ fruit binge.

I try to fit in exercise, but with working rotating 12 hour shifts and looking after my 2 year old daughter this is not as regular as in the past.

I couldnt face doing a drug round in my own home aswell as at work, LOL.

I suffer from supra ventricular tachycardia, which occurs more frequently if I dont eat well( dieting), dont get enough sleep, overdo things, get dehydrated due to no time to drink at work( Im sure youve all experienced this), drink too much alcohol, take caffiene. So I try to do everything in moderation. Unfortunately I rotate onto nights, sometimes days and nights every week, as at present and it occurs frequently. Its happenned twice this week. Im not keen on the surgery- catheter ablation of the offending cells, but will consider it if it affects me frequently. I was put on Atenolol but it dropped my blood pressure too much and as Ive said I dont like taking tablets. I started to get into aromatherapy a few years ago and read about essential oil of roman chamomile. When ever I get SVT I smell roman chamomile oil and it stops within 10 seconds, unless I have a cold then it doesnt work. I started drinking camomile tea and it happenned even less. I cant drink caffiene as this can start it off within minutes, I must be hypersensitive to it. Anyway I do believe in helping people with natural remedies and generally looking after yourself.

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o yes, camomile is great!

We use it a lot here, especially in homecare and in peds and geriatrics.

We use it for mildly inflamed wounds, after surgery, especially after analsurgery and after gyn. operations.

As for aromatherapy, a lot of ICU's work with it to influence breathing paterns and to relax the patients (and the families!)

they use spike-oil in combination with mint-oil.

Something good for your tummy? Use mallow-tea (my dictionary translated this for me, it is absolutely different from the German name: Käsepappel :D )

Another desinfectant we use a lot, even instead of iodine or something like that, is Teatree-oil. Even on ortho. they use this!

Take care, Renee

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I just joined Weight Watchers and Jazzercise class. I work nights and need the socialization for motivation. I take Super B-complex for energy (and PMS) a multivitamin, and 30 mg. zinc (seems to keep away the colds).

The Jazzercise keeps me distracted from work problems and I feel really great. I don't "stress out" over things at work after my Jazzercise class.

:-)

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Large quantities of sugar and caffine work well.

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Specializes in NICU, PICU, PACU.

I take a women's multivitamin, calcium and B complex...good for carpal tunnel! It was recommended by my hand doc and it took about a month, but by golly it does work! :D

I stay away from soy.....leery of the risk of premenopausal BC as it runs in our family! Took Metobolife for about 3 days and was such a nasty thing and jittery....edephra is not a nice thing!:eek:

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write...im on that same diet...lol

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Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds.

Peeps,

What is a good time-released MVI that you would recommend?

Thanks for the info:D :D

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I take 820mgs of ginsing, a mulitvit, ginkoba, vit-E, and body solutions at night. And Aikido really helps! The few and far between paintball games! Paint them until they scream!

:D

old-master has spoken......

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I actually picked up a small paperback at a bookstore on Gingko. Unfortunately, I did not read through it first; It was the vaguest book I have ever read on nutrition.

I would like to know the mechanism of action on Ginkgo. I benefit from the supplement and would like to know why. I use it for driving to keep alert (take 600 mg for this). I usually take 120 mg. per day. It is great because it does help me to be more focused with any gitters. Anyone know why?

B.:)

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I take a Centrum every day and it does make me feel better. I think it's the iron that helps the most, since I am such a heavy bleeder (Apologies to those who didn't need to know that!).

Also, I take an additional 500 mg Vit C daily for the immune system and I must admit, I rarely get sick.

For 7-10 days before my period, I take 1-2 evening primrose tablets and my PMS is nearly nonexistant. The directions say to take 3-6 a day but I don't need nearly that many to get the desired effect.

Since primrose oil contains Vit E, I don't use a Vit E supplement during the time I take primrose oil, but for the rest of the month, I take one extra 400 IU Vit E a week - also for the immune system.

Also, per my doc's recommendation, I take 500 mg OsCal per day. The directions say to take 2-3 times that amount, but I eat about 3 0z of cheese a day, so I don't think I need that much supplemental calcium and my doctor agrees.

Lastly, a couple of cups of strong coffee in the a.m.!!

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I haven't checked out the bb in such a long time! Thanks everyone for sharing. This has been very helpful.

I usually take a multi, vit C, vit E and a B complex. I work nights and I can really tell if I miss taking them. I am interested, however, in looking into the time-release more pricey kind next time around. I also want to learn more about homeopathic remedies and the book suggestion will come in very handy!

Lisa

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