Which Multi vitamins?

[pugdogs]

Hello, so many multi vitamins not sure which best to take for a type 2 diabetic. Been in Holland & Barrett but most are coated but doesn't say with what, worried could be sugar? Any recommendations gratefully received.

 

[NoCrbs4Me]

None are needed. Just eat real food. If your doctor identifies deficiencies based on lab tests, they'll tell you what to do.

 

[noblehead]

Hi @pugdogs

If you use the forum search facility you'll find many threads discussing vitamin supplements, here's a recent one which was started by a member like you who has type 2:

http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/supplements-to-boost-immune-system.112069/#post-1315044

 

[Freema]

Hello, so many multi vitamins not sure which best to take for a type 2 diabetic. Been in Holland & Barrett but most are coated but doesn't say with what, worried could be sugar? Any recommendations gratefully received.

I use solaray spektro without iron and vitamin K ...but actually haven´t read if they contained sugar, that thought didn´t occur to me..
well two thoughts ...
I am not sure if it is a good thing without K-vitamin...

and it lacks Iron in the longer run... but till now my iron levels are okay...

of cause if you are clever in Building up your foods from the most healthy and eat a variaty of plants and meats and eggs and dairy then you maybe don´t need to add vitamins... but I myself tend to eat in the same patterne and not that much variaty... and by the way I also do eat about half of what I´d usually eat.. on mosts days a 1000 calorie diet...

I have had some servere excema on my hands that has become much better after starting to take vitamin C 500 mg and some zink-tablets

 

[Freema]

None are needed. Just eat real food. If your doctor identifies deficiencies based on lab tests, they'll tell you what to do.

no I have been too low more times in different kinds , and they didn´t even tell me...
too low in sodium more times too low in potassium too, and too high in blood glucose and in iron, so now I always tjek myself the datas too, lower than the lowest and higher than the highest...
and by the way found out I was prediabetic 2 years ago, but no-one told me... I still Wonder why they did ask for blood glucose in that occasion anyway then..

 

[Bluetit1802]

Has your GP advised you to take supplements, or do you think you need them due to having deficiency symptoms? Which ones are you worried about?

I have no deficiency symptoms, and my blood tests show my markers are fine. I did ask for certain vitamin and mineral tests to be included with my last HbA1c test, mainly out of curiosity. They all came back within standard. I have never taken a supplement of any sort.

 

[GrantGam]

@NoCrbs4Me is partly right, if you eat a well balanced diet there is often little need for multivitamins.

You may choose to cut out certain foods from your diet for whatever reason, and as such - you may benefit from using multivitamins to compensate for what you've cut from your diet.

I use ones from Boots which are fairly cheap. You will have to bear in mind that the "multivitamin industry" is a huge money spinner, so a lot of branded products are often extremely overpriced. It's often the case that cheaper ones will perform just as well as more expensive ones. The same was proved with over the counter medicines.

 

[Deleted member 308541]

When I was in hospital with a heart problem a couple of years back, the Doc started me multi vitamins, I have been taking them ever since.

I buy Centrum Advance 50+ multivitamins they cost $20.00 for 100 tablets.

 

[Brunneria]

We are all different, with different diets, lifestyles, nutrient absorption and environmental stress factors.

I have had quite a lot of people say 'just eat a balanced diet', yet when questioned about what that diet should actually be, they always mutter vaguely and are unable to give specifics.
And they certainly can't give specifics tailored to my body, health history and food intolerances.

My doc declined to test for Vit D deficiency, so I paid privately. The result was a clear deficiency, which took months of supplements to rectify (as verified by a second self funded test). I felt MUCH better once my levels were optimum.

All my other blood tests come back normal. Which i am delighted with. However, since i supplement with magnesium and potassium, as well as a few other things (which are definitely not measured with NHS tests), I suspect that if I didn't supplement I would be far too low. i certainly get cramps and muscle aches/weakness if I forget them for a few days.

I have, for years, eaten a varied diet, 'eating the rainbow', good quality protein, mainly unprocessed, etc. etc. But apparently i need supplements to have normal levels of some nutrients.

C'est la vie.

 

[JohnEGreen]

I think the trouble with multivitamins is they can be indiscriminate as you may be deficient in some but have excess of others. It may be best to find out what vitamins and minerals you are deficient in and supplement for those specific requirements rather than take a handful of various vitamins and hope you hit it right with some of them.

 

[psignathus]

I take a centrum multi vitamin, also a magnesium calcium and vitamin d tablet, also coq10 and alpha lipoic acid. I also take other supplements pre and post gym as I weight train......I love popping pills me...I also only eat real food keto diet and I feel great....if you can afford it and you want it then go for it and see how you feel after a couple of months. if you feel no difference then don't buy any more, simples