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pixiechic said: "just wondering if people use nutritional supplements? if so, what kind do you use? have they worked?"

greeneye_virgo said: "I take the One A Day Carb smart management mutivitamin."

Heather said: "I take a multi vitamin, Vitamin C, and Flax seed oil. Gotta keep the immune system working!"

Cupcake said: "I take one a day weight smart multivitamin."

Darren said: "I gave up on vitamins a long time ago. I think they're mostly hype. I heard a lot of vitamins can't even be digested right."

cvalh said: "I take a multi-vitamin - recommended by my Doc though, has nothing to do with dieting. In particular I focus on things with Folic Acid (again, Doc's orders)."

UniqueMystique said: "I don't take anything.....might give the vitamins for 'stress' a try though."

iowamomma2002 said: "I take one a day women"

Razor said: "[QUOTE=BigBoy]I gave up on vitamins a long time ago. I think they're mostly hype. I heard a lot of vitamins can't even be digested right.[/QUOTE] Big Boy, If you eat carbs, then do a little experiment when you go home. In all your carb stuff look at the ingredients, and look for the word enriched. If you find this on any of your foods, then it's the same stuff that is in those vitamins that can't be digested correctly =) Just incase some of you do not know. The process of enriching is where they take the whole food (rice, wheat, corn flour, etc) and strip it of all it's nutrients through the processing process. They do it mainly for taste I believe. Rice is a big one. Rice in it's whole form is almost black and has a hard shell. The taste is very nutty like. This shell where all the vitamins and minerals are. This shell is stripped and then they enrich(replace the vitamins with a chemical process) the bare rice which is now white."

nattie said: "I have been taking a multi vitamin since I was a senior in HS. Right now I am taking one that is called hair, skin, & nails. I was looking at a prenatal cause I wanted my hair to grow. (The girl cut my hair as short as a boys, I wanted to cry for the first time ever having a bad hair cut.) This has alot of extra oils, minerals, and vitamins that prenatals didnt even have. I love it. I am also taking an extra zinc. I keep on meaning to get some individual vitamins that I need for my thyroid. (I am hypothyroid and developed a goider, when I was diagnosed my thyroid had basicly quit working needless to say I am on thyroid medicine.) I first started taking the vitamins it was to get the vitamins I was not getting but now I also take them cause when you have all the vitamins that your body needs your body is not as stressed."