Vitamins | Fit and Fortysomething

Yesterday I left work early to head to a doctor’s appointment.

This was my follow-up from my last appointment where I gave blood for a nutritional panel.

My doctor is a Medical Doctor but she tends to lean towards a Holistic approach to medicine-believing that many “aliments” can be caused and therefore treated by deficiencies in your blood specifically vitamin and nutrient deficiencies.

I found out that I am deficient in:

magnesium

selenium

zinc

vitamin D

Here is my course of treatment for now:

She also recommended some other things like:

eat a bit of protein as soon as you wake up to “break the fast” and then have coffee

DRINK MORE WATER-so hard when you are a teacher and can only use the bathroom at certain times!

cut back on the refined carbs-duh-I know…..easier said than done

I am a work in progress…… : )

Then I came home to this face:

And had a gorgeous salad beast with my husband.

The star of the show:

Not as good as the last egg white salad. Probably would not buy this one again.

Good glass of vino:

Watched an episode of Dexter.

Walked Pepsi.

And hit the hay.

Hope you had a great Hump Day!

Do you ever wonder if you are taking vitamins that you do not even need?

To Supplement or Not

January 3, 2010 4 Comments

I have been taking supplements (fancy word for vitamins, herbs, and minerals) for many years now. It seems I do not stick to the same routine for very long because:

1) I really am not sure if the current regime is doing much for me

2) I read about a new supplement and feel I must try it

Since I am nearing the big 4 0. Yes I will be forty on March 12. I feel extra pressure to take certain supplements because women need more/different nutrients as they age than let’s say someone in their 20′s does.

Now as I said I have been experimenting for years. I have been lucky enough to have a plethora of supplements available to me in the past when my husband worked for his parents nutrition company (www.omnitrition.com) for 15 or so years. I tried most of their products as well as other lines of products. Some things made me feel good for a short time (giving me energy) and others helped me lose weight ( I lost about 15 or so pounds).

Since I do not have the variety of supplements at my disposal anymore I really am picky as to what I take on a daily basis. Let’s face it, vitamins, herbs, and minerals are not cheap!

So this is what I take:

multivitamin

vitamin D, magnesium, calcium (in one pill)

vitamin B-12

probiotic

vitamin E and primrose oil

melatonin (at night)

I really have to say I am not sure any of this is doing anything for me except for maybe the probiotic. I also supplement all this with Airborne tablets in my water because I am a school teacher and constantly live in fear of getting sick.

Now I also add in my morning shake, amazing grass super food (www.amazinggrass.com) and just recently started bovine colostrum.

I LOVE AMAZING GRASS! That I know works for me. It is a keeper.

Not sure of the other things.

What about you? What do you take? What do you think we need other than a healthy diet?