Do you regularly take vitamins now and did you do so as a child?

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Poll Do you regularly take vitamins now and did you do so as a child? (127 votes)

Yes now and yes as a child 20%
Yes now 24%
Not now, but yes as a child 27%
No, none of the above. 37%

I don't think I've ever taken a vitamin supplement.

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#1  Edited By Aegon

Uh, this wasn't meant to be multiple answer, but whatevs.

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#2  Edited By geirr

My mom force fed me fruit and fish. :C

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No, unless Omega-3 is a vitamin. I don't like fish.

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#4  Edited By Sambambo

They do pretty much nothing, other than your omega 3 tablets.

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I loved these as a kid. Now I'm just lazy and never take them.

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#6  Edited By FunkasaurasRex

@cale: I'd say Omega-3 qualifies. I take that and B complex. I should probably take D as well.

My parents had me take chewable multivitamins as a kid, but I hated how they tasted so I wasn't particularly consistent.

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No. I have had bad heartburn all my life and as a result taken many calcium antacids that are kind of like Vitamins, but that's as close as I got.

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#8  Edited By Nekroskop

Omega3, since it's been a tradition in my country for nearly 150 years.

C vitamins, multivitamins and D vitamins(especially during the winter when there's little to no sunlight)

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#9  Edited By Icemael

Never. Unless you have a really poor diet or some specific medical reason it's a complete waste of money.

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#10  Edited By HerbieBug

Supplements? No. I did as a kid, yes. Very very picky eater as a kid and needed them as I wouldn't eat many things that I needed to have nutritious diet.

@geirr said:

My mom force fed me fruit and fish. :C

One day I discovered finely chopped carrots in my spaghetti sauce. I never trusted mom after that incident. D:

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@icemael said:

Never. Unless you have a really poor diet or some specific medical reason it's a complete waste of money.

Yeah. If you eat well and go outside a little bit you'll be perfectly fine.

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#12  Edited By bennyboy

As a vegetarian, I try to take B12 vitamins daily. Especially since lately my hands have been itching a lot, which may be a sign of Palmoplantar Pruritus which can be caused by vitamin B12 deficiency. But I think it might also just be an allergic reaction to petting my roommate's corgi a lot...

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#13  Edited By Ryuku_Ryosake

No generally healthy person without major medical problems should take any kind of supplement. They are at best a waste of money and are likely even dangerous. All vitamins come in two categories. Fat soluble and water soluble.

The water soluble kind are harmless and in supplement form they barely even get absorbed at all and just come out in your urine. So yes you are literally pissing your money away.

The fat soluble kind are the dangerous kind. You will absorb them but with any first world diet you probably have all that you need. Since these vitamins usually come at high doses that means they your body will start storing them as mineral deposits in your joints and eyes. Yes minerals in your eyes. That is a pretty big health problem.

I do take Vitamin D supplements on occasion as my doctor tells me to because my digestion system is all kinds of messed up. I also have to get Vitamin B-12 shots on occasion despite them selling B-12 pills because they are the water soluble kind and injecting them into your fat is pretty much the only way to keep them in your system long enough to absorb them.

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We all got Flintstone vitamins as kids but I just get the good stuff from food now.

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I took mulivitamins as a kid, but as an adult I know there is zero science supporting their value.

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I started taking them now because my diet is poor (as is my health)

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I take this daily when I remember (can't stand most green vegetables)

I don't know if it's doing anything, but I do seem to dream a lot more when I'm using it.

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#18 MattyFTM  Moderator

Unless you have an absolutely terrible diet, or have a medical condition that necessitates it (an actual diagnosed condition, none of this self-diagnosis bullshit) there should be absolutely no need for vitamin supplements. And if you do have an absolutely terrible diet, no amount of vitamin supplements are going to make you healthy and stop you from ending up in an early grave.

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Vitamin C tablets when i'm feeling a bit tired.

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#20  Edited By TheManWithNoPlan

Off and on when I was a kid. Not really now.

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I used to take the Flintstones vitamins as a kid. Now I just take a Centrum. For no reason, really. Force of habit.

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I took vitamins as a kid and I still take them as an adult.

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#23  Edited By pyromagnestir

Sometime last summer I went to the doctor and my white blood cell count was low so he told me to start taking Vitamin D. I've been taking it every day since.

I didn't get out much at the time. It's a little less of a problem these days, maybe I could do without them, but whatever.

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With a diet consisting entirely of pizza, chick fil a, and fast food breakfast sandwiches I figure it's probably a good idea to take them.

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Not really, but I do like those tasty vitamin C drinks.

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#26  Edited By AMonkey

I've taken them at some point in the past but my belief now is: They are pointless at best and at worst harmful.

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They probably aren't harmful, but to anyone whose diet consists of something more varied than bread and water, they absolutely aren't necessary (unless you've been diagnosed with a deficiency!). For the average person, they're a complete waste of money.

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I take protein, but never vitamins.

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Like many people in this thread, I took those Flintstones vitamins as a kid, but I pretty much don't take anything as an adult now. Occasionally, when I feel like I should pretend I want to be healthy (although it seems vitamins are fairly useless?) I'll buy a bottle and take most of it before forgetting it exits.

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Im taking it now because i need it at my work :D

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Took Flintstones vitamins for a while as a kid. I was taking a multivitamin daily for the last couple years but my living arrangement has changed over the past ~4 months and I haven't restocked. Been meaning to, though.

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Yeah i always took flinstones also the vitamins for kids. :D now multivitamins daily and ascorbic acid also :D