Mutli vitamins & supliments are some better then others? Can you combine supliments in addition to a multi?

Question

I take centrum multi vit, omega oil 1200mg - complete complex 3,6,9 and a hair and nail vitamin (with silicia) I also have iron tablets prescribed from my doc. Am I taking too many? I have to say I feel much better and have noticed a difference but is there a point where too many supliments are bad? If I am taking a multi vit should that in theory be enough? If I were to take more - I was thinking a Vit B complex (Im vegitarian) would that be not needed if I am taking a multi vit?

I want to eventually try for a baby so would like all the levels to be up healthy and well so I am in good health to conceive.

Basically I think I am asking is a multi vitamin enough or it is ok to add extra supliments to suit what I need/want?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

i used to take centrum multi vit, and it's real good indeed...no ur not taking much...besides even if you take more vitamins than ur body needs, for the grand majority it wont do you no harm, ur body will only get rid of the excedent...but ummm, u should check the nutrtion facts on your multi vitamin, check if all the vitamins meet ur daily needs and in the case it doesnt complete with another supplement, I myself take 4 vitamins: 1 multi vitamin, iron tablets, super B-complex vitamin and MSM cause I couldnt get all that in one supplement.

Answer 2

My wife has taken prenatal vit and just that and a iron tablets every day for 25 years. In your question you say you are taking a vit with silica that is just a filler but it is DIRT that is all it is look it up hope this helps god-bless

Answer 3

A multivitamin every day is a very useful supplement but for lots of people it is not enough as a multivitamin only contains small amounts of each component.  Taking extra supplements in addition to a multivitamin every day is fine and should not cause any problems as long as you are aware of your total intake.

Extras that you take means that have to take into account what is in the multivitamin.  For example, if you take 100 mg of vitamin C a day and there is also 100 mg of vitamin C in the multivitamin then effectively you are taking 200 mg of vitamin C a day.