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Which Food Supplements Do You Take?
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I take no supplements.
I tried to eat a healthy balanced diet and do plenty of exercise.
Perhaps this is easier with type 1?
I tried to eat a healthy balanced diet and do plenty of exercise.
Perhaps this is easier with type 1?
Bluetit1802
Legend
I take no supplements as I have no deficiency symptoms and my blood markers are fine.
I have taken R-ALA in the past, but none since December.
I have taken R-ALA in the past, but none since December.
JohnEGreen
Master
Calcium +D3
Vit B3
Vit B12
Vit K2
R-ALA
Digestive Enzymes
Vit C
CQ-10
I tend to rattle a bit.
Vit B3
Vit B12
Vit K2
R-ALA
Digestive Enzymes
Vit C
CQ-10
I tend to rattle a bit.
Mr_Pot
Well-Known Member
I am not sure what a balanced diet is but if you will accept a very varied diet then I do the same.
I have taken vitamin C and zinc, and calcium with vitamin D since before my diabetes diagnosis, as they are both thought to be of benefit to people with arthritis.
Since being diagnosed type 2 I take vitamin B complex, cinnamon and Benecol yoghurt drink (if that counts as a supplement?)
Since being diagnosed type 2 I take vitamin B complex, cinnamon and Benecol yoghurt drink (if that counts as a supplement?)
NicoleC1971
BANNED
D3 in Winter because I don't live in Florida
Zinc (had a cold sore and plenty of vit C seemed to help)
Cod liver oil - not sure why !
I do feel lucky to be healthy and have not had a cold this Winter. I am type 1 and have always felt like I had a slightly too good immune system (it nuked my insulin cells at age 10 after all...)
Zinc (had a cold sore and plenty of vit C seemed to help)
Cod liver oil - not sure why !
I do feel lucky to be healthy and have not had a cold this Winter. I am type 1 and have always felt like I had a slightly too good immune system (it nuked my insulin cells at age 10 after all...)
donnellysdogs
Master
Drs only prescribe certain vitamins if tests prove you need them.
Other vitamins have to be purchased over the counter..
JohnEGreen
Master
My GP did not prescribe me a glucose meter and strips I still have them though.
Shahnaz2357
Well-Known Member
Calcium + D3
Vitamin B Complex
Vitamin B Complex
phoenix
Expert
It took another 40 years for mine to be killed off but I agree about feeling I have a strong immune system. I rarely get the colds and sore throats that others seem to get.
The only supplement I have taken was vit D in the winter months prescribed by my doctor in France. Its given fairly routinely to women over 65 (and infants) My new English GP looked somewhat askance at it when we were going through my prescription.
Resurgam
Master
I don't think of herbs and spices as supplements but a natural part of my diet, used in modest amounts - I do have some fish oil capsules, and some alpha lipoic acid tablets which I take a couple of times a week when I remember, but if my health depended on me remembering to take tablets - I'd be doomed, I think.
MarionGrassie
Member
1. Omega 3 fish oil
2. 50+ multivitamin
3. Chromium picolinate
4. Milk thistle
5. Lactobacillus Acidophilus (probiotic)
6. Fructo-oligosaccharide powder (prebiotic)
Occasional ACV and Glucomannan
2. 50+ multivitamin
3. Chromium picolinate
4. Milk thistle
5. Lactobacillus Acidophilus (probiotic)
6. Fructo-oligosaccharide powder (prebiotic)
Occasional ACV and Glucomannan
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