Vitamins
I had a friend visiting recently and while she was here I needed to run a few errands. The list included popping into Walgreens to take advantage of BOGO on vitamins. While making my purchase she asked me why I took vitamins. I told her because I researched them and decided I wanted to take advantage of the benefits.
So, I take a weight management multi-vitamin, a complex B, and chromium. I will say, chromium provides few if any proven benefits to those that take it. But, all our doctors encourage us to take a multi-vitamin, and the B vitamins are proven to increase metabolism (especially when it comes to carbohydrates - if I remember my research correctly).
She followed up by asking if I noticed a difference when I took them. And to that I have to say...I don't really know.
Considering this happened a few weeks ago it must have made some sort of impact because I am still thinking about it, and this morning I came to a conclusion.
I do not know if taking vitamins makes a difference all by itself, but I know that when I am in the habit of taking vitamins I eat breakfast (I like to take them with food) and I drink more water during the day. Something about taking them on a daily basis seems to put me in a more healthy mindset and as a result I make better choices when it comes to eating and exercising.
So, what's your take on vitamins?
posted by Leslie @ 7:27 AM
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The jury is still out for me as well. I used to try and take One-A-Day for Weight Management, and I'd always take with food..usually around lunch. Well every time I took it, about 20 to 30 minutes afterwards I would get extremely nauseas. So much so that I would almost literally throw up. It was an awful price to pay for healthiness...so I sord of stopped taking them. Do you have the same problem ever?
My sister takes Melatonin at night and she says it helps her fall asleep faster and sleep deeper. I'm considering trying that since I can't naturally force myself to bed early.
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