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GoneOffShore

(17,342 posts)
Fri Jan 10, 2014, 09:00 PM Jan 2014

My "No Supplements" experiment is going well.

Nothing has fallen off. I haven't fallen over. I'm sleeping well.
No chondroitin - my joints feel exactly the same.
No saw palmetto - I'm peeing exactly the same as I was before I started taking it and WHILE I was taking it.
No multi vitamins - I'm feeling exactly the same as I was before I started taking it and WHILE I was taking it.
No flaxseed oil - I'm not sure why I was taking it. The reasons are lost in the mists of time. Nothing seems to have changed.

So, based on this anecdotal evidence I will continue the experiment.

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My "No Supplements" experiment is going well. (Original Post) GoneOffShore Jan 2014 OP
I gave them all up except Folic Acid NightWatcher Jan 2014 #1
I cannot do without my Vitamin E. RebelOne Jan 2014 #2
I used to have those. GoneOffShore Jan 2014 #3

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
1. I gave them all up except Folic Acid
Fri Jan 10, 2014, 09:18 PM
Jan 2014

I take methotrexate and it wrecks my stomach unless I take 1000+mcg a day. It's the only supplement that I have ever felt did anything for me.

RebelOne

(30,947 posts)
2. I cannot do without my Vitamin E.
Fri Jan 10, 2014, 09:36 PM
Jan 2014

I used to have leg cramps every night. Then I read somewhere on the Internet that Vitamin E would prevent leg cramps. I have been taking it for the past two years, and the leg cramps have disappeared.

GoneOffShore

(17,342 posts)
3. I used to have those.
Sat Jan 11, 2014, 11:42 AM
Jan 2014

Then increased my fluid intake along with eating full fat farm yogurt. Plus lots of vegetables. No leg cramps.

YMMV

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