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Originally Posted by blackberrybunny  I don't take any vitamins. I never have. I always thought they stank, cost to much, and didn't do a darn thing anyways....... now that I am about to turn 41, I am noticing some changes in my body, and have started to wonder if it might not hurt to take some kind of an all around supplement for women who are entering peri-menopause............ but I can't afford them, and I try to eat a healthy diet, lots of good carbs like 100% whole wheat, fresh fruits, Dreamfield's pasta when I want pasta, lots of low fat cheeses and nuts......veggies.
I always thought of the vitamin industry as just a way for them to milk money out of people. Now, I'm not so sure......
I don't konw what is the right vitamin for me. Do they still make Geritol? |
I always kind of thought like you until about 5 years ago when I had a bone density scan and found out I was declining into the red zone. I'm not good with remembering numbers, but it was not yet bad, but very close to bad. I started taking calcium and my last bone scan was enormously improved. I am now midway in the green zone, having bypassed most of the yellow zone. So I will be taking calcium for the rest of my life.
There are several generic vitamin and mineral sources that can be found to get whatever you need fairly inexpensively. Right now I'm using, Puritan's Pride. They have sales once or twice a year where you buy one and get two. I prefer to not take a multi vitamin. So I buy calcium and D for myself and flaxseed for my husband. I doubt if I pay much more than 10 cents a day for both of our supplements. I think Sam's Club, Costco and sometimes Walgreen's have good prices on the generic vitamins and minerals as well.