I went to leave the gym last night and.....

[heatherrae]

I get those in the arches of my feet when I diet. They have vitamins specifically for leg cramps on the vitamin aisle. =-)

 

[musclemom]

or believe it or not...Walmart has a great selection of suppliments and vitamins. Well the Wal Marts in Canada anw ways.
Vitamin shops are way over-priced.

I look at bricks and mortars stores, anymore, as the place to pick up something I really want to try but don't want to buy in bulk. Most of the online places I deal with have very good selection but you only get free or reduced shipping if you're breaking a certain $$$ Vitamin Shoppes are a special vitamin store, I don't know if they're in Canada.

I'm in PA, I pay sales tax, so everything is overpriced IMO.

While I don't take an outrageous amount of vitamins (I dunno, is 22 to 24 pills or so a day a lot? bear in mind, since I do mostly whole food supplements and herbs, as opposed to individual nutrients, some things I have to take more than one pill/capsule of) some of the stuff I take is very ... obscure would be the best word. I have a bunch of weird allergies, in addition to being a sensitive celiac -- I can't touch wheat/gluten. You'd be amazed at how many vitamins you buy you look at don't have allergen information.

 

[blueta2]

I look at bricks and mortars stores, anymore, as the place to pick up something I really want to try but don't want to buy in bulk. Most of the online places I deal with have very good selection but you only get free or reduced shipping if you're breaking a certain $$$ Vitamin Shoppes are a special vitamin store, I don't know if they're in Canada.

I'm in PA, I pay sales tax, so everything is overpriced IMO.

While I don't take an outrageous amount of vitamins (I dunno, is 22 to 24 pills or so a day a lot? bear in mind, since I do mostly whole food supplements and herbs, as opposed to individual nutrients, some things I have to take more than one pill/capsule of) some of the stuff I take is very ... obscure would be the best word. I have a bunch of weird allergies, in addition to being a sensitive celiac -- I can't touch wheat/gluten. You'd be amazed at how many vitamins you buy you look at don't have allergen information.

I think 22-24 vits a day is too many. A naturopath would not even put someone on that many vits a day. I think you should look into taking compound vits and or suppliments. Just my opinion
If you are in PA are you near a Trader Joes?
We have some good vitamin stores up here, but in all seriousness, I find the same stuff in walmart or my pharmacy. We are very health conscience up here so many places carry a large variety of supplements and vitamins that are hard to find elsewhere. I agree, the good reputable vitamins will be labeled with their content for ppl with allergies.

 

[ksharp01]

I only take a handful of supplements a day and each day I find them harder and harder to choke down.

Ilk turned me on to Sesapure, Thermorexin & Glucorell r and then I oh course take my multivitamin

 

[Turd Ferguson]

I'll be damn!! Thought I was gonna be stuck there! I kept complaining I was getting a charlie horse in my feet but then when I went to push the clutch in my car.......oh the pain in my calve muscle...charlie horse!! I had to get out the car and try to work it out. I did enough to get me going but I had to push the gas in with my heel and not push clutch in all the way! That sucks!

I am allergic to bannanas and I take a daily multivitamin what else can I do to prevent these from happening? Oh and I pretty much only drink water, very seldom do I dring anything else.

I can ususally tell what is ailing people by a pic of you bending over with no pants on. PM me and I will tell you. Oh yeah and drink more water.

 

[Ilk]

taurine works wonders... I would get intense cramps when I was training. Low potas... but with the diet my body just didn't cling well with bananna's or potas pills. Taurine was a life saver.

Thats what I was gonna suggest!!

Hope yr alright....

 

[heatherrae]

taurine works wonders... I would get intense cramps when I was training. Low potas... but with the diet my body just didn't cling well with bananna's or potas pills. Taurine was a life saver.

Taurine, huh? I won a bottle of that, along with some other stuff, from a drawing at the gym. I didn't know what it was for...lol.

 

[musclemom]

I think 22-24 vits a day is too many. A naturopath would not even put someone on that many vits a day. I think you should look into taking compound vits and or suppliments. Just my opinion
If you are in PA are you near a Trader Joes?
We have some good vitamin stores up here, but in all seriousness, I find the same stuff in walmart or my pharmacy. We are very health conscience up here so many places carry a large variety of supplements and vitamins that are hard to find elsewhere. I agree, the good reputable vitamins will be labeled with their content for ppl with allergies.

I'm counting individual pills, literally. The things I'm taking don't come in compounds, I have some very specific health issues and it's taken a lot of time to work this "science" out. I wouldn't recommend it for anyone else, but I don't know anyone else whose health is as fubar'd as mine. I'm hypersensitive to a lot of stuff in addition to allergies, I literally can overdo vitamin supplements quite easily, so I have to take mostly neutriceuticals. Most whole food complexes are bulkier, requiring you to take multiple pills.

Probiotic complex 6 capsules
Garlic 2 capsules
Chlorella 4 caps
Wholefood complex (multivitamin) 4 caps
Digestive enzymes 3 or more (depends on meal #)
Coq 1
Fishoil 1
B100 1
Glucose regulator 4

As you see, almost entirely food supplements, NOT individual vitamins or minerals, except for the B100.

I do medical reports where people are taking that many prescription medications.

 

[H_T_]

what the hell were you going to the gym for last night? were they giving away cookies or something?

 

[blueta2]

I'm counting individual pills, literally. The things I'm taking don't come in compounds, I have some very specific health issues and it's taken a lot of time to work this "science" out. I wouldn't recommend it for anyone else, but I don't know anyone else whose health is as fubar'd as mine. I'm hypersensitive to a lot of stuff in addition to allergies, I literally can overdo vitamin supplements quite easily, so I have to take mostly neutriceuticals. Most whole food complexes are bulkier, requiring you to take multiple pills.

Probiotic complex 6 capsules
Garlic 2 capsules
Chlorella 4 caps
Wholefood complex (multivitamin) 4 caps
Digestive enzymes 3 or more (depends on meal #)
Coq 1
Fishoil 1
B100 1
Glucose regulator 4

As you see, almost entirely food supplements, NOT individual vitamins or minerals, except for the B100.

I do medical reports where people are taking that many prescription medications.

Oh yeah, that's not a lot. I was thinking you were taking 24 diff things.
Are you Probiotics for candida related issues?
Do you take the b100 daily? I take b50 3 times a week. I find it was giving me brain-fog taking too much!