Vitamin Supplements and Type 2 Diabetes

[Adelle0607]

Hi! What are vitamin supplements that you take for overall health and Diabetes management?

 

[Squire Fulwood]

None. I have no idea how they might help.

 

[AndBreathe]

I don't take anything at all. Never having had to take anything long-term, I'm utterly hopeless remembering to take stuff. So, I prefer to eat and drink my nutrition, and keep my Vit D up by exposing my body to the rays.

 

[bobrobert]

If your body is coming under attack from excess sugar then imo it makes sense to take supplements??? Vit B complex. Vit C and Vit D is high on the list. A good book would give you the needed information because it is too time consuming to list the benefits. Sadly some people knock the idea of taking them possibly because they can't afford them. If you do take them then don't expect to feel "better". It is an act of faith that they benefit you.

 

[AndBreathe]

If your body is coming under attack from excess sugar then imo it makes sense to take supplements??? Vit B complex. Vit C and Vit D is high on the list. A good book would give you the needed information because it is too time consuming to list the benefits. Sadly some people knock the idea of taking them possibly because they can't afford them. If you do take them then don't expect to feel "better". It is an act of faith that they benefit you.

Personally, I'd rather tackle to root cause (i.e. get and keep the sugars in control), and allow my body to function in the way nature intended. It's nothing to do with cost.

I have nothing against anyone who wants to take supplements. I'm certain there's a placebo effect in play, sometimes, whether or not the supplements do any good.

 

[DeejayR]

Personally, I'd rather tackle to root cause (i.e. get and keep the sugars in control), and allow my body to function in the way nature intended. It's nothing to do with cost.

I have nothing against anyone who wants to take supplements. I'm certain there's a placebo effect in play, sometimes, whether or not the supplements do any good.

As above, emphasising we should each do what we feel is best for us. Atm I'm more interested in NOT taking anything so have stopped statins. Later I might wonder about VitB12 for my sore toe or Vit D since I heard that you don't get much from the low sun in winter. But by then it will be spring.

 

[eddie1968]

It is good to keep your water soluble vitamins, especially the Vitamin B complex topped up as diabetes can cause infections that will demand more for your immune system. I take a multivitamin tablet every day.

 

[AnnieC]

I take a good multi vitamin tablet because as well as a diet rich in vegetables and fruit it is recommended to do so for Macular Degeneration in the eyes which I have early signs off. I also take a high strength cod liver oil capsule which I have been taking for over 20 years

 

[Totto]

I used to take 6000IU of vitamin D daily during the dark months after I was diagnosed with insufficiency. Since taking natural thyroid hormones (NDT) this seems to have solved itself more or less. Last autumn my vitamin D level was 148 compared with 47 some years ago. I still take vitamin D but not quite as much.

I have also started to take a high dose vitamin B12 plus a vit B complex and the tingling in my feet has disappeared while sense of feeling has reappeared.

Also take selenium when I remember it.

 

[Kezzer4321]

I take a vitamin d and calcium tablet every day but only because it was recommended by the liver specialist as my levels were low. The vitamin d definitely helps if you get a bit low during the winter months...

 

[Clivethedrive]

I used to take 6000IU of vitamin D daily during the dark months after I was diagnosed with insufficiency. Since taking natural thyroid hormones (NDT) this seems to have solved itself more or less. Last autumn my vitamin D level was 148 compared with 47 some years ago. I still take vitamin D but not quite as much.

I have also started to take a high dose vitamin B12 plus a vit B complex and the tingling in my feet has disappeared while sense of feeling has reappeared.

Also take selenium when I remember it.

Interesting thanks for posting

 

[Avocado Sevenfold]

I take a daily Boots multivitamin with iron tablet. Amongst other things, it contains 100% rda of B12 which I think is important for anyone taking metformin to keep an eye on. Have also started taking a milk thistle tablet as I have read it might improve dawn phenomenon. Jury is still out.

 

[bobrobert]

Most people with diabetes will drink, smoke take painkillers. Maybe not all three but if you indulge in even one of them then supplements are a good idea, imo. Those three outlined puts further strain on your body.

 

[Brunneria]

Vits D3, b12, C, zinc, chelated magnesium, potassium, omega 3
Eat far more than '5 a day'
I'm looking for a really good multi vitnmin at the moment, that is within my budget.
Don't drink, smoke or eat sugar.

My parents have been supplementing (a lot) and eating a varied, nutritious, unprocessed diet for the last 40 yrs. they are now both in their mid 80s, yet look in their 60s.
- and it isn't genetics.
All 4 of my grandparents were long lived, but they looked their age. Thin, papery skin, shrunken muscles, dull hair.

The contrast between grand parents and parents is stunning - glowing skin, bright eyes, shiny hair.

That is all the evidence I need. I want an energetic, healthy, vivacious old age, not one where I am just fading into the grave.

 

[eddie1968]

I take a vitamin d and calcium tablet every day but only because it was recommended by the liver specialist as my levels were low. The vitamin d definitely helps if you get a bit low during the winter months...

Yes Kezzer very true, I take vit D supplements from autumn to spring because of the very short days up here in Scotland.

 

[DeejayR]

I want an energetic, healthy, vivacious old age, not one where I am just fading into the grave.

Hear hear. I'm having one already and it's great

 

[Totto]

Interesting thanks for posting

If it was the vitamin B 12 that caught you attention I go for methylcobolamin. Jarrrows have a good reputation but apparently they don't sell their sublingual methycobalamin to my country so I settled for Solgar instead. I could get the Jarrow's B-right complex though.

 

[peacetrain]

I've always had thin hair but it seems to have gone even thinner since the diabetes and I'm very conscious of it. My mum and aunt suffer too but my sister doesn't.
I'm wondering what I could do or take?

 

[Brunneria]

I've always had thin hair but it seems to have gone even thinner since the diabetes and I'm very conscious of it. My mum and aunt suffer too but my sister doesn't.
I'm wondering what I could do or take?

I think that H&B do supplements specifically for skin, hair and nails.
Might be worth reading what's in them, then researching each one...

 

[bobrobert]

I've always had thin hair but it seems to have gone even thinner since the diabetes and I'm very conscious of it. My mum and aunt suffer too but my sister doesn't.
I'm wondering what I could do or take?

Google for the amino acid cysteine. If you think it is suitable
Removed the medical advice suggestion - anna29.