Which Food Supplements Do You Take?

[NewTD2]

I take the following daily capsules with my doctor’s permission:

L-Carnosine with Alpha Lipoic Acid
Cinnamon 500 mg
Pomegranate 1000 mg
Vitamin B Complex
Black Cumin Seeds (Nigella Sativa)
Karela 500 mg (Bitter Melon)
Ester C

 

[Deleted Account]

I take no supplements.
I tried to eat a healthy balanced diet and do plenty of exercise.

Perhaps this is easier with type 1?

 

[SueJB]

Cod liver oil and multivitamin just in case my healthy food misses the mark

 

[Bluetit1802]

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.

 

[JohnEGreen]

Calcium +D3
Vit B3
Vit B12
Vit K2
R-ALA
Digestive Enzymes
Vit C
CQ-10

I tend to rattle a bit.

 

[Antje77]

None

 

[archersuz]

None

 

[Mr_Pot]

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 am not sure what a balanced diet is but if you will accept a very varied diet then I do the same.

 

[Rachox]

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?)

 

[NicoleC1971]

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...)

 

[tayelola]

Since diagnosed T2 in 2012 had never taken any supplement because my GP did not prescribe any for me.

 

[Goonergal]

Vitamin D
Magnesium Citrate
Hair, Skin and Nails formula

 

[donnellysdogs]

Since diagnosed T2 in 2012 had never taken any supplement because my GP did not prescribe any for me.

Drs only prescribe certain vitamins if tests prove you need them.

Other vitamins have to be purchased over the counter..

 

[Guzzler]

None. I am on enough tablets as it is.

 

[JohnEGreen]

Since diagnosed T2 in 2012 had never taken any supplement because my GP did not prescribe any for me.

My GP did not prescribe me a glucose meter and strips I still have them though.

 

[Shahnaz2357]

Calcium + D3
Vitamin B Complex

 

[MKD75]

Cinnamon and bitter melon, manage by diet alone, if I can go the herbal route ill be very happy and lucky.

 

[phoenix]

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...)

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]

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]

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