Multi vitamins

sunfield91

Morning all,
I like to take multi vitamins, despite the fact that some people say they are not needed with a balanced diet.
Does anyone know of any which are a normal size.I have tried different brands and all have been really large capsules, even broken in half I can't tolerate them, I just find them too big they make me feel nauseous . Something like the size of round Ibrufen pill?

silvercar

Personally, I find capsule shaped pills a lot easier to swallow than round ones.

Pop_Up_Pirate

Multi vitamins aren't very good and you are much better off buying individual supplements of good quality.
Yes, we do need some supplements because our diets are lacking in many of them now. Omega 3 is essential for brain health but we are all deficient.(should be in triglyceride form) Vitamin D (which should always be taken with K2 and is best as natural drops) is another, along with magnesium (should be chelated and not oxide) etc.
Many women don't get enough boron, and we could all do with B vit boosts.

Having said that, the amount on offer is staggering, and misleading. Not all supplements are equal. Most of the ones on the high street are synthetic forms, which are difficult for the body to absorb, meaning most of it is flushed down the toilet.

Decide which key vitamins you need and then buy natural organic to ensure optimum absorption.

professor~yaffle

You used to be able to get liquid multi-vitamins. Can't remember the make now, will see if I can find them.



Here y'go..
http://www.biocare.co.uk/default.aspx?GroupGuid=29&ProductGuid=25530&LanguageGuid=EN

sunfield91

Thanks everyone for your replies. there are quite a few on the market, even one you sprayunder yout tongue!
Will do a bit of research

rach_k

The Tesco multivitamins (https://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=273211079) in my cupboard are round tablets, small-ish (maybe 8mm in diameter and a few mm deep). They've probably been there a year so they may have been updated but worth a look as they're cheap.

savingfortomorrow

superdrug own brand are tiny.

OldMotherTucker

sunfield91 wrote: »

Morning all,
I like to take multi vitamins, despite the fact that some people say they are not needed with a balanced diet.
Does anyone know of any which are a normal size.I have tried different brands and all have been really large capsules, even broken in half I can't tolerate them, I just find them too big they make me feel nauseous . Something like the size of round Ibrufen pill?

I've always struggled with swallowing 'on demand' so to speak;) so I chew a small piece of bread first then when I'm just about ready to swallow, pop the pill into my mouth and swallow both together! Worth a try?

Pop_Up_Pirate

nadynn wrote: »

If you eat a healthy diet it is not necessary to use multi vitamins.

That's not entirely true because everyone has a different idea of what "healthy" is.
Omega 3 must come from fish, and many people don't eat fish. So a supplement should be taken.
Magnesium is deficient in our soils, as is selenium. Added to which, many crops are now picked before being ripe giving them less time to develop all the nutrients. Crops that ripen are full of nutrients. Some studies have shown there could be less than half the amount in many fruits and veg due to modern harvesting.
As those minerals are not in the diet any more (you would be hard pressed to eat enough foods to give you enough magnesium everyday) then a supplement should be taken.

There are also foods included into today's 'healthy diets; that are far from healthy. Spray oils, spreads, palm oils, sunflower oil...these all stop nutrients from being absorbed into the body. Soy is a nutrient destroyer too. There isn't enough healthy fat eaten either.

If modern diets took away all manufactured oils, soy, wheat, sugar and added chemicals and you added in enough fat and a couple of supplements, then the diet might be considered "healthy".

Unless you eat wild caught Alaskan salmon 3 times a week, only grass fed animals the rest of the time, organic fruit and veg and never eat sugar, soy, and manufactured items (including oils) then you don't have a healthy diet and need some supplements.

System

nadynn wrote: »

If you eat a healthy diet it is not necessary to use multi vitamins.

You are probably right but whatever you eat you will not get the vitamin D you need.you do not get enough sun and hardly any is getting through just on the face in the winter months.A quids worth of vitamin D a month I think is worth doing.I don t sunbathe or ponce about in shorts so the only way I can obtain Vit D is by tablet form. One a day Sainsburys costs £2 for two months supply.
Darker skinned people will not absorb vitamin D very easily in the UK and I would think a supplement of this cheap vitamin is ideal for them , just to make sure.
. The news papers reported last month how you could cut your colds you catch by at least 50% by taking vit D supplements