Do you take vitamins?

[browneyes]

I don't. I guess I should but I hate the way they taste. My mom used to make me take the Flintstone ones when I was a kid and I think dirt probably tasted better. I wonder if the taste has improved?

 

[Ranatra]

I try to, I really do, but in the mornings it's a hard thing to remember.

 

[Serena]

Flintstones with extra vitamin C is pretty good, or so my kids say.

I take Centrum. They are big and don't taste good, but they are good for me.

 

[JasonLyons]

My mom still sends over these daily vitamin packs she wants me to take, and when shes over she checks to make sure im taking them

 

[browneyes]

Jason's a mommy's boy.

I've tried taking Centrum and One a Day too. They're all nasty. My mom tries to encourage me to take them. I discourage her encouraging.

 

[Tony-NJ]

but for some reason - I don't anymore. Chris takes them every day.

LOL Jason - Nothing wrong with being a MAMA's Boy!

 

[Goofyposter]

Groosch! Everyday! Centrum Proformance & AST's Multipro32x

 

[DixieDreamer]

How are you guys "tasting" them? You just swallow them with water?

I take a multi-vitamin/mineral supplement every morning. I also take 3 calcium supplements at the same time. They go down with my first large glass of water in the morning ... no taste at all!


I take all my medications in the morning, so I put them in a daily pill reminder and leave them by my bathroom sink. I put the vitamins in with the other medications (thyroid, birthcontrol) and take them all at the same time - helps me not to forget.

 

[iluvorlando]

Yes, I take a multi-vitamin along with a baby aspirin every morning. My IL's just got all this stuff from GNC yesterday - a new vitamin, fish oil, and vitamin e. Those are some huge pills. Glad I don't have to take them!

 

[browneyes]

Originally posted by DixieDreamer
How are you guys "tasting" them? You just swallow them with water?

For some reason it leaves an aftertaste. But I still taste them on my tongue with the water. BLECH!

 

[Kermit]

I take them since I'm pregnant, but I really don't believe they do much. Vitamins and minerals have to be in the right balance for you to absorb them. Most of the stuff in vitamins ends up getting excreeted (in other words, giving you expensive pee) since your body just can't absorb all of that stuff at once.

 

[BedKnobbery2]

I nearly always forget, but took them after reading this thread. LOL How many other people did that?

 

[ChiTownZee]

Originally posted by browneyes


For some reason it leaves an aftertaste. But I still taste them on my tongue with the water. BLECH!

Try taking them with something flavored, not water. And take them quickly! I can't imagine you'd taste much. I used to take my prenatals with milk.

 

[browneyes]

I took my prenatals when I was pregnant with my kids-those things were like horse pills! HUGE!

I don't like milk. I tried them with OJ, that just made it worse.

LOL, Amy. I've never heard of expensive pee before.

BedKnobbery2, you're welcome for the reminder.

 

[Kitty 34]

Vitamins gnarl up my stomach!!


I should start taking calcium because I'm at "that" age!!!

 

[CamColt]

I love the taste of Flintstones!
I take a One A Day Womens every day. I never did until I started taking them while pregnant(dr told me to just take those). Then I got in the habit and havent stopped.

 

[Pin Wizard]

I switch every other day. One day I take my B's, the next I take an E. I just finished Health at school. You sure don't want to overdue taking any of them! I used to take both every day.

 

[catsrule]

no

 

[Diane]

I take Centrum almost everyday, unless I run out. I keep them with my prescription meds so I take them all around the same time. If I run out, it can be a while sometimes until they’re on sale or I have a coupon before I buy them again. I’m kind of ashamed to admit it, but I usually take them with pop.. I’ve never noticed a taste to any of the pills I’ve swallowed.

 

[bizybea]

You betcha. I have vitamins that are in soft capsules so I can't taste anything (I take them with water.) I feel better having the ones in capsules because I know that they are absorbed. Like another poster said, I'm afraid the others just pass through my system before they are of any benefit to me.