Menopause Matters Forum
General Discussion => This 'n' That => Topic started by: libby1 on February 08, 2014, 05:44:58 PM
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Hi Girls
What supplements/vitamins are you taking and why?
I take -
Halibut Liver Oil Capsules - for skin and hair
Sage - for mood swings/sweats
Acidopholus (sp) - Seem to help that needing to wee all the time feeling :)
A spoonful of Manuka Honey (only started this week) - for post nasal drip
What do you take and does it help?
Libby
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I try to remember to eat locally produced honey to help allergic rhiitis symptoms but if I don't' begin it by about now it doesn't ease symptoms before the pollen is released
I drink several Actimel pots daily to help bowels
Good fresh fruits and veg rather than supplements ……… I did try supplements but forgot to take them ::)
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I'm not taking anything - maybe that's the problem!
Taz x
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Fish oil for my brain ::)
A multivitamin & mineral for women in their 50s
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I take a pro biotics....one every morning.
Fish oil supplement
St John's Wort
Multi vitamin.
Shake me and I may well rattle ;D
Honeyb
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Nothing, have just doubled up my daily dosage of wine hehe :)
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I think I'm the one who must rattle ::)
Libby
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Hic! Says she with a glass of red in hand! Goodbye Dry January!
Well I agree mostly with CLKD - before taking any supplements important to attend to diet first because that's is where you will get pretty well all you need to function well, especially with a bit of judicious tweaking depending on whether you are deficient in anything. Dr Currie on this site recommends this too.
Lots and lots of a great variety of fresh fruit and vegetables, nuts, pulses grains and fish, along with adequate dairy and limited red meat - prepare your food from scratch - and you can't go wrong.
Supplements - the best (most natural) ones would be those that are just perhaps concentrates closely related to the food they are from with nothing much done to them - so fish oils or similar, juices etc and sometimes lots of nuts eg almonds.
Those who bleed a lot may benefit from extra iron - now and again (every few days) I take a little Floradix liquid herbal iron tonic which is extracted from plants. Ditto pure cod liver oil from a bottle (not the capsules which have vitamins added), although probably don't need this as eat a lot of fish (but less in winter!), I don't eat margarines, spreads or cereal with added vitamins - just butter olive oil and muesli or oats or similar.
Also now and again I pop a calcium and Vit D tablet but I really don't think I need this because I'm pretty sure I will get enough of this from food.
Hurdity x
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Evening primrose, starflower and Menopace. Seems to help.
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I have tried to add more dried fruits and nuts to my diet since Sunday
Even my cats wouldn't touch cod liver oil ;D
I used to give my dog a garlic capsule and a sunflower oil capsule in her evening meat it was OK until she bit into one :o then she would shake her head as though she couldn't believe that something had popped
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Neurologist put me on 2000iu vitamin D. I was very deficient last winter. He said in the next few years guidelines are going to push for more vit D supplementation as we don't get enough sunlight.
Also take calcium and vit B 12 when I remember. And 75mg aspirin as with my autonomic nervous system blood pressure spikes, I'm a bit worried. Sometimes I drink berocca in the winter months too.
I get omega 3 from fish and daily ground linseed (latter works well on bunged-up IBS!)
So I'm rattling too!
I've had CFS and fibro since 1988. First few years I spent so much money on useless supplements advertised as a 'cure'. Also found meno supplements useless unfortunately.
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300mg magnesium citrate and I have just ordered some fx menopause to try !!!