I don't have any known deficiencies, but I do know that if I don't get regular potassium that I get major cramps while doing calf exercises at the gym. Bananas solved that about 90%. I take multivitamins with potassium when I don't have access to bananas.My diet is reasonably good, but I've suffered the odd heart palpitation which I've had confirmed is benign, so wanted to focus more on heart healthy foods and a good balance of magnesium and potassium is important.
I'm a firm believer in "basic" supplementation to avoid having to spend excessive time thinking about what I eat on a daily basis, but imnrho, that stuff is definitely in the "snake oil" category unless you have very specific dietary needs and you accept quite a few very "theoretical" arguments about what are and aren't "good sources" of supplements. (Most of which "sound good" but lack any scientific in vitro or statistical basis.)Stumbled across these, but very pricey!
https://www.thorne.com/products/dp/multi-vitamin-elite?affid=ThrnFx1072858
I'm a firm believer in "basic" supplementation to avoid having to spend excessive time thinking about what I eat on a daily basis, but imnrho, that stuff is definitely in the "snake oil" category unless you have very specific dietary needs and you accept quite a few very "theoretical" arguments about what are and aren't "good sources" of supplements. (Most of which "sound good" but lack any scientific in vitro or statistical basis.)
I strongly suggest you look over the Linus Pauling Institute's website (it's affiliated with the Oregon State U). Not necessarily for their bottom line recommendations, but the general discussions of the various vitamins and minerals, as well as the broader discussions of why and when you might want to take supplements. Dr. Pauling might have had a couple of somewhat "wacky" ideas, but he was by no means a "quack" and this namesake institute is even less "fringe" than some of his ideas/hypotheses were. There's a lot of good information and links some to other reliable sources there.
I don't have any known deficiencies, but I do know that if I don't get regular potassium that I get major cramps while doing calf exercises at the gym. Bananas solved that about 90%. I take multivitamins with potassium when I don't have access to bananas.
You take them once a week?
How do you compare their effectiveness against the other brands?
My diet is reasonably good, but I've suffered the odd heart palpitation which I've had confirmed is benign, so wanted to focus more on heart healthy foods and a good balance of magnesium and potassium is important.
Don't ignore calcium then, either, especially being sure not to overdo any of them in favor of the others, since they affect each other's absorption and utilization. Also zinc and vitamin D. I'm by no means suggesting you need to take supplements for all of the above, but they each do affect the way the body uses the others. Which is a broader issue to keep in mind, as well. Not so much when you get everything from food, since it's hard to seriously overdo any of them unless you're eating really excessive amounts of specific foods, but when you start taking supplements, which typically have much more of whatever nutrients they contain than you'd get at a given meal (or two), and in much higher concentrations, it becomes a bigger issue.a good balance of magnesium and potassium is important.
I don't have any known deficiencies, but I do know that if I don't get regular potassium that I get major cramps while doing calf exercises at the gym. Bananas solved that about 90%. I take multivitamins with potassium when I don't have access to bananas.
Multivitamins in the US go up to 99 mg of potassium. A banana has 4x that. I try to have bananas on hand at all times. But sometimes, I can't get to the store. For a few pennies a pill, it seems to do enough for me. It isn't like I'm relying on them for a life-or-death situation. But I can almost always tell on leg days at the gym when I haven't had potassium that day (in banana or pill form). My diet probably gives me almost enough and the pill/banana gets me that last bit.Multivitamins that contain potassium, will barely contain any of it. Even potassium supplements barely contain any potassium relative to our daily requirement.
I found the label online...
I take 2 once a week. Anything more than that (for me, anyways) is excessive.
I've been using the Super Nutrition brand for years now. I've tried some of the commonly-found ones like One A Day, and Centrum.
Multivitamins in the US go up to 99 mg of potassium. A banana has 4x that. I try to have bananas on hand at all times. But sometimes, I can't get to the store. For a few pennies a pill, it seems to do enough for me. It isn't like I'm relying on them for a life-or-death situation. But I can almost always tell on leg days at the gym when I haven't had potassium that day (in banana or pill form). My diet probably gives me almost enough and the pill/banana gets me that last bit.
i would avoid that, waaaaayyyy too much selenium
in fact i prefer no selenium in supplements
hey are fully unregulated and can have absolutely nothing that they claim to have and can be filled with things that they don't claim to have.
https://www.fda.gov/aboutfda/transparency/basics/ucm194344.htmHow Vitamins are Regulated
Vitamin products are regulated by FDA as "Dietary Supplements." The law defines dietary supplements, in part, as products taken by mouth that contain a "dietary ingredient" intended to supplement the diet.
Listed in the "dietary ingredient" category are not only vitamins, but minerals, botanicals products, amino acids, and substances such as enzymes, microbial probiotics, and metabolites. Dietary supplements can also be extracts or concentrates, and may be found in many forms. The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 requires that all such products be labeled as dietary supplements.
In June 2007, FDA established dietary supplement "current Good Manufacturing Practice" (cGMP) regulations requiring that manufacturers evaluate their products through testing identity, purity, strength, and composition.
Dietary supplement manufacturers and distributors are not required to obtain approval from FDA before marketing dietary supplements. Before a firm markets a dietary supplement, the firm is responsible for ensuring that
- the products it manufactures or distributes are safe
- any claims made about the products are not false or misleading
- the products comply with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and FDA regulations in all other respects
I figure it can't hurt.
I make sure I have iron in my multis. Apparently endurance athletes benefit from that.