I’ve mentioned before that when I stop taking my vitamins daily, that is a signal to me that I am on the road to depression. I take 5 things daily – 1x multivitamin – 1x hair, skin and nails – 2x Echinacea – 1x Mucus Relief Guaifenesin..
The Echinacea comes from Vitamin World – I bought a large quantity of Echinacea from there when I was on Oahu in 2013. The multivitamin in the middle is from Aldi. They are reasonably priced and I find them to contain everything I need in a multivitamin. The Hair, Skin and Nails is from Costco. 250 tablets last me 250 days and cost me less than $20 from memory, which is awesome value.
I don’t think any human being is capable of creating a diet that gives them every single nutrient they need on a daily basis, which is why I supplement with vitamins. I wrote before about having a warm feeling in my leg which was caused by a lack of vitamin B.
In Australia vitamins can be costly so I often seek out more cost effective options. Once a year, if I am not going to the states that year, I’ll do a big order from Vitamin World.
I’ve posted about that before – Vitamin Delivery. Their vitamins are excellent and though shipping is not cheap it still works out cheaper than buying the vitamins here, unless I get them from Costco.
Sephyroth sent me a couple of bottles of the Guaifenesin which is not readily available in Australia, certainly not in a tablet format. It can sometimes be found in cough syrups. I’m just about out of them, sadly. I do believe they assist me, especially when taken in combination with allergy tablets during hay fever season.
Why do I take the Guaifenesin? I have a problem with fluid in my middle ears, which can cause dizziness and reduce my hearing to a level not acceptable to me. If I run out of Guaifenesin I can take Bisolvon which is used for chest mucus here in Australia but it also dries up my ears.
So I make up these 7 day packs every couple of weeks, and each day I just open the flap and take the vitamins for that day. I can’t fit the blue ones in with the others, so they reside in their own container and I take one of those out each day.
Vitamins are considered food by customs so if and when you bring them back into Australia you need to declare them. :)
What vitamins do you take, if any? :)
I take calcium, cod liver oil, vitamin C, iron and a teaspoon of malt extract for the B vitamins. one of each every day. I tried taking hair skin and nails in a desperate attempt to strengthen my nails, but at the end of two years there just wasn’t any difference, they are still soft, easily torn or broken. :(
I tried Sally Hansens hard as nails and that seemed to work pretty well, but I can’t be bothered regularly using it, to be honest.. :( I’m not a girly girl who paints fingernails and I guess that is why I am super bad at doing it. :)
I’ve tried all those paint on hardeners and strengtheners too,every single one causes my nails to peel in layers. When I stop using them it took about 6 months each time for the nails to stop peeling. :( now I just keep them short short.
I’ve started taking some multi vitamins just today. We’ll see how long it lasts, I’m terrible at remembering to take anything