Question:
Vitamins ?? take with food or without
I know I've heard that taking vitamins absorb better with food and some absorb better without food.I would appreciate it is someone could explained this. Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron and Vitamin E. I do take 2 multiply vitamins daily but (without ) iron so I take a mild reacting iron pill. I have been taking extra vitamin C because of a cold that has lingered on for about three weeks.Thank you — charanewme (posted on January 22, 2004)
January 22, 2004
I was told to take my multi, Iron and Calcium with food so I take one with
each meal. Calcium and Iron will cancel each other out if taken together
so take them several hours apart.
— tazfan
January 22, 2004
I drink a protein shake every morning, then take a multivitam. I eat my
breakfast then take a B-12 sub-lingual. I eat lunch then take a calcium.
Before dinner I take my second calcium, eat, then take my Vit C. I was
told that each vit or calcium needs its own time in your tummy. I do not
take a Iron supplement, but if I did I would probley take it before lunch,
eat lunch, then take my calcium. Hope this helps
— cindy
January 22, 2004
Well, wait a sec. WHICH calcium? Which iron? Taking iron with C?
Personally, I take all my vites with food. Saliva breaks them down faster
than water alone. I also was an ulcer sufferer for years, so never put a
naked pill on naked stomach lining. Old habits die hard. Fe SUFLATE iron
asks for an empty stomach, but then, it is not well absorbed, so why
experience discomfort (at both ends) for a questionable product? Other
forms of iron absorb better and can be taken with a few bites of food that
is not dairy or caffeine. So, don't take it with cheese. Iron is always
taken with a Vit C (some use OJ, but I don't touch the sugar), not with any
other vites, minerals or meds. OK, then, onto calcium. Has to be citrate
with D, and probably magnesium. Don't want to go all into ratios here.
Multis can be taken with food and at the same time as calcium. Since the
B12 is sublinugal (swallowing them is a waste of $$$) and it doesn't
conflict with anything, take it at your convenience. The E has to be dry
form--oil gels may or not may not be absorbed well, so again, wasted $$.
It's fine with the multi & calc. On the vite C, 2000mg per day is
considered safe for normies. You need some with your iron, anyway, but you
could take one with each multi/calcium grouping as long as you're keeping
track of your total mg. I personally take the 2000mg a day unless working
up to or recovering from surgery, then I take more. Amazingly, my husband
just had a sore throat/cold. I'm RIGHT HERE and did not get it. ??? I take
more Vit C than he does, but I can't say For A Sure Thing that is the
answer.
— vitalady
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