vitamin recommendations

GrammyLou · Post by **GrammyLou** » Wed Nov 08, 2017 8:56 am

Hi all,

Can you give me recommendations for what brands/types of vitamins/supplements you recommend?
Magnesium, vitamin Bs, calcium, and vitamin D? What brands, specific names of products, and where to buy them. Thanks for your help. I am really tired of feeling lousy :(
~Louise

Post by **tex** » Wed Nov 08, 2017 9:23 am

Magnesium - Doctor's Best Chelated Magnesium

vitamin Bs, - Thorne Research Methyl Guard Plus

calcium - never take it (at least not intentionally)

vitamin D - Doctor's Best - 5,000 IU

I order from Amazon Smile.

Tex

jlbattin · Post by **jlbattin** » Wed Nov 08, 2017 11:06 am

I do this vitamin D3:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001F ... UTF8&psc=1

It's dairy, gluten, and soy free. This one is 2000 IU.

skp · Post by **skp** » Wed Nov 08, 2017 2:50 pm

Mo Maggie Magnesium lotion. 1 tsp = 250 mg.
Same magnesium pills as Tex, Doctor's Best
Vitamin Shoppe Vitamin D3 (no soy, gluten, dairy, etc)
Vitamin Shoppe Vitamin D3 & K2 (no soy, gluten, dairy, etc)
I also take a multi vitamin, pure, so I don't take additional B vitamins.

Susan

Erica P-G · Post by **Erica P-G** » Wed Nov 08, 2017 6:05 pm

Vitacost.com
KAL Gel tab soy free Magnesium Chelate
Vitamin D3 (I take 5000 daily, in the beginning after getting vitD results I needed 10,000 for a while)
K2 100mcg = MK7 form (I feel it helps with my VitD absorption)
No Calcium....only in food or drink

Before I recommend B's (Tex for those of us that do not carry the MTHFR gene do we still need the Folate?)

I also take and get from Vitacost.com:
Biotin 5mg
Manganese
Thiamine
B2
P5P 50mg= B6 active form
Vitamin C 500mg berry chewables
Potassium 300 mg daily (only because I am on the low side on my blood tests)

It seems like alot but it isn't....

Post by **tex** » Wed Nov 08, 2017 8:13 pm

Erica wrote:Before I recommend B's (Tex for those of us that do not carry the MTHFR gene do we still need the Folate?)

Maybe not, it depends on your personal situation, but if you have histamine issues, the B-6 should help. If you take any B vitamins, the active forms will always work better than the cheap forms, but if someone doesn't have histamine issues I would at least step down from the Methyl-Guard Plus to the regular Methyl-Guard. That's just my opinion, of course.

Tex

Gabes-Apg · Post by **Gabes-Apg** » Wed Nov 08, 2017 8:21 pm

I agree with Tex - active forms of B are of benefit to everyone

Erica P-G · Post by **Erica P-G** » Thu Nov 09, 2017 5:57 pm

Thanks Tex and Gabes....

Small refresher course on the B's please....Which B do we take for what purpose?

I'm a bit confused about the Methyl-Folate B I guess, thinking we don't need much of it if our methylation cycle is able to break down B9, and P5P=B6 and Methylcobalmin B12 adequately, and that would be if we don't have the MTHFR gene inhibiting it.

B9 - riboflavin
B6 - P5P
B12 - methylcobalmin
Folate - 5-MTHF

I haven't been taking any because I have thought I didn't need it...

Post by **tex** » Thu Nov 09, 2017 6:28 pm

Hi Erica,

The advantage of taking the active forms of vitamins is simple — we absorb them better, especially if our digestion is compromised by a reaction, and they are useable as absorbed, without any additional chemical processes. If your levels look good after taking the inactive forms (or not taking any vitamins at all), then there's no need to take them.

Tex

Erica P-G · Post by **Erica P-G** » Thu Nov 09, 2017 6:41 pm

I don't know Tex, I have been taking the active forms of everything this past year and a half, just not the Folate part.....if it helps with our MC I should give it a try....