Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Supplementus Rejectus
I've tried St. John's Wort back in the day when it first came out. I had a horrible reaction to that including a tremor which was sexy. (It actually locked up my dog's limbs when we tried to go holistic for her anxiety issues. I've never seen the poor thing so scared) I tried probiotic pills when they first became all the rage in an effort to even out the digestive system since I hate yogurt. I felt horrible on them and discontinued after a few days. I tried aloe vera pills for digestion but it wasn't until I did research on them AFTER I started taking them that I saw some scary stuff about taking it orally so I stopped that pretty quickly and informed a friend that I knew was taking it too. The latest was Fish Oil supplements which are not known to give many side effects except maybe some...errr..."greasy" stools. I didn't care about that. I started taking it and the whole time my system was the opposite of what they said it would be and I actually didn't lose weight those 2 weeks I was on it. When I went off of them, I lost weight. So I think I'm done with those.
Matter of fact, I think I'm done with supplements period. I saw on a doctor show that sea buckthorn is supposed to be awesome for many different things from aiding digestion to improving skin and I was so tempted to try it but I already know it'd be a waste of money for me.
What about you? Do/have you taken supplements and if so, have you ever had any adverse reactions to them?
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Sea Buckthorn? WTH??
ReplyDeleteI take a multi-vitamin with iron sometimes. I wait until the end of the day and if I'm low on iron for the day I take it. Otherwise I just don't have much use for supplements. It always seems like today's miracle is tomorrow's disaster. I think the only way I would add something else in is if my Dr. recommended it.
ReplyDeleteI took bee pollen for a while and after a month or so I had horrible stomach cramps and issues I had to stop taking it. It was so bad I had to leave work because I thought I couldn't get far from the bathroom because I was either so nauseous or the other. Definitely made me not want to try anything else again! It is supposed to help with allergies and I was trying to see if I could find something so I didn't have to take the prescription meds anymore. Yikes!
ReplyDeleteI'm not very adventurous. Multivitamins are about the extent I go to and I forget more often than I remember. Your experiences are enough to keep me from getting adventurous :/.
ReplyDeleteI haven't had any bad reaction to the measly few supplements I take.
ReplyDeleteI regularly take fish oil (because I just do not like eating seafood at all) and glucosamine (for my joints).
I can't say if the fish oil is doing anything positive but my hair does seem shinier (my "coat", *snicker*). The glucosamine has helped my knees. They are a lot less creaky and crackly (I do a lot of higher impact exercise like plyometrics and just started running recently).
I also take a bit of vitamin c right before I eat my big spinach salads. Supposedly vit c helps you get the most iron and good stuff from spinach. I can't say if it does or not but vitamin c is a water soluable vitamin so taking it won't hurt me any.
My doctor suggested fish oil, so I take that, with no adverse effects. My gyn instructed me to take D and calcium since I'm 52. I take raw, unpasturized apple cider vinegar along with kelp since I have insulin resistance and it's supposed to help with that and many other things. I have been researching cinnamon and it has some awesome properties, as well. I'm still learning about it, though.
ReplyDeleteI hear you about the yogurt issue but since I also reacted strongly to the pills, I trained myself over 4 years to eat yogurt. I started with one teaspoon for every tablespoon of crunchy cereal. Now I can do about half of each ... but I don't enjoy it. I do however enjoy the bathroom benefits. ;)
ReplyDeleteI work with my homeopathic doctor on supplements to support my thyroid and adrenal gland. They help me but not all work for everyone. The key is to work with a doctor or nutritionist. I would rather take supplements and vitamins than conventional medicines..hands down.
ReplyDeleteI take a multivitamin, biotin, flax seed oil, vitamin E and L-lysine...yeah its alot. Biotin keeps me from clogging the shower with my hair, flax is supposed to help keep your tummy flatter (cough cough), E was recommended to me last time I had cancer cells frozen and lysine helps keep my skin clear---yes that one does work for me cuz if I run out its not a pretty sight. :) No adverse affects that I know of, lol.
ReplyDeleteI take vitamin D (there's not much of that naturally here in the NW) and have seen a huge improvement in my energy level, etc. from taking it.
ReplyDeleteFor negative experiences, I tried that CLA stuff and OMG, I thought I was going to have to move my office into the bathroom...terrible.