vitamins and supplements do you partake and do they make a difference?

I have recently been on a course of Vit D after a blood test showed i was lacking. The gp gave me a high dose to take for a couple of months now i take an over the counter version. I have to go back in a few weeks time to have another blood test done to see if level has gone back to normal. I have noticed that the dermatitis that i had on my shin and hands has completely disappeared which is amazing as it was so itchy at times i could have torn the skin off my hands. Apparently VitD is also good for maintaining our muscle strenght, bones, and teeth.

Some days I take something, an anti-oxidant and a mineral, calcium and magnesium and occasionally Vitamin D, other days I forget!

However, I do remember when I start to get cramp and magnesium usually stops that.

Anya, I am a woman, I can multi task and I can do both!
I did the full on diet as I had a problem that needed fixing, its probably as good as it's going to get and now I simply have a good and varied diet.

Farmers do test and add fertilisers to their fields. Sadly most of these are man-made chemicals and when the nutrients in fertilisers are not taken up by plants there is a danger that they will be washed out of the soil by rain water and that the run-off will enter stream and rivers. This process is called leaching and it may cause eutrophication.

In days gone by nature provided natural fertilisers through the decomposition of plants, animal excreta and fields were left fallow which allowed them to recover.

Thank you Jalima - I am so glad that I take a multi vitamin and mineral tablet every day after reading your thread! I also take Flaxseed oil for omega 3,6 and 9 (recommended to manage my dry eyes)

Oh, thank you Azie09

Our soils are depleted of minerals and we may not get the amount we need from food alone.
www.nutripeople.co.uk/News.asp?articleid=927

I wonder how many farmers do regular soil tests to find out exactly what minerals have become depleted and treat the soil accordingly?

Jalima I have bought from an excellent supplier www.highernature.co.uk. They sell magnesium without calcium

www.highernature.co.uk/Products/true-food-magnesium

I bought some because I read they were helpful with insomnia and they have been excellent.

Probably out to have said 'intake and uptake of vitamins and minerals.

You obviously haven't read the thread then Margaret or Anno as there have been put forward many reasons why even a 'varied' diet might not result in a good intake of vitamins and mineral (don't forget the mineral BTW)

Vitamins are old fashioned (LOL) try going with any Vit C (as an example) and see the effects!!!

Yes, gut bacteria are very important and I think Pamela should be encouraging 'good' bacteria rather than trying to assassinate the 'bad' ones ???

I agree with you, MargaretX. If we have a varied diet with plenty of fruit and veg, why would we need to supplement it with pills and potions just because some quack recommends them? The only thing I have as a supplement is Calcium+VitD to counteract the bone-thinning side effect of long-term steroid use and I hope not to need it much longer.

I'm surprised so many of you buy and take supplements. You have a good diet in the Uk and have enough money for fresh fruit and veg.
My calcium is a few points too high and I defintely should not take calcium. no one should unless it has been diagnosed. My potassium levels were too low and now I eat 3 to 4 dates each day and its OK.
Vitamins are old fahioned. Its now known that it is the microbes in the gut which run our lives. To keep them healthy and working you need as many different foods as possible per day and all freshly made and no antibiotics.

Of course in an ideal world we wouldn't need antibiotics but we can try not to eat cheap chickens which are reared on them and have such short lives they have not had time to get them out of their system before they were slaughtered.

That's up to you, Pamela. Nobody's forcing anybody to buy anything, but I can't take them seriously. As far as I'm concerned, they're on TV because they look good and can talk the talk. If you believe something works for you, I'm not knocking it.

I got my tablets from Amazon and direct from the manufacturers-Mycopryl400 made by Biocare. I took 3 capsules 3 times a day. Dr. Mansfield prefers to prescribe Nystatin but my Dr told me I was wasting my time and wouldn't give it to me. I did get hold of some that is used for oral fungal infections but it had sugar in it so no good really.
I also took acidophilus.
Daphnedill- most of the TV doctors are there to provide knowledge in an easy to understand and entertaining way. There will be lots of things that are a bit questionable but lots of food for thought too.

Not sure if above link is for the same thing, but that's what came up for H&B

www.amazon.co.uk/d/s4j/Acid-Now-Caprylic-600mg-100-softgels/B003QHCNJK/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1485887292&sr=8-1&keywords=caprylic+acid+for+candida&tag=gransnetforum-21

Is this it?

www.hollandandbarrett.com/shop/product/holland-barrett-yeast-raiders-capsules-60007685
Other retailers are available!

I've been eating a low sugar diet for 25 years. I just wanted some ideas, but all of the ones I found in that book have been around for years. I have very little faith in any TV doctors or most of the internet sites about nutrition.

We are getting a little off thread here by just discussing MM but surely many Drs. Have decided that being a GP or working with patients is not for them and have gone down the research route.
If you want a low sugar diet try Dr Johns. Took me quite a while to be able to eat stewed rhubarb without grimacing ?

No, he's never practised as a doctor. He studied PPE at Oxford and then studied medicine, because he wanted to be a psychiatrist.

I bought one of his low sugar diet books and it was a total waste of money. I could have written it myself and I've never even studied medicine. It went in the bin. Sorry!

Yes Anya, sorry a spelling mistake.
I am not an expert but I think that it's fairly well known and proved that bad bacteria can live in the gut and compromise your immune system. Two books to read are-, The Diet Myth by Tim Spector, and Arthritis, Allergy, nutrition and the environment by Dr. John Mansfield.
Did you mean that Michael Mosley isn't a 'real' Dr?

But he's not a 'doctor' is he? He qualified but never practised I think.

What bad bacteria would those be Pamela

Do you mean Caprylic Acid Pamela?
Not at all meaning to question your spelling, but I was interested in what you posted. So I googled it and if I put in caprillic it comes up Caprylic, which I wasnt sure was the same thing at all.

I dont want to suggest something to someone, which is the wrong acid!

I too enjoy watching Trust Me I'm a Doctor Pamela - and I am looking forward to watching it tomorrow night

I don't take anything except turmeric after watching my favourite programme- trust me I'm a doctor- sorry Anya!
I have a very varied diet, don't seem to have any food intolerances or medical conditions but every so often go on a strict diet that cuts out sugar to a ridiculous degree and also includes taking caprillic acid to kill off any bad bacteria in my gut. I did that to help with my psoriasis and it did to a huge degree. I last did it 2 years ago. A much better option than steroid creams.

Fat-soluble.