Supplement question: spray or pill?

[spazzdog]

I get sick to stomach too if vitamins/supplements are 1st thing down the hatch.

I eat/drink yogurt first then take my daily dose... no more problems.

spazz

[SadieKate]

I get sick to stomach too if vitamins/supplements are 1st thing down the hatch.

I eat/drink yogurt first then take my daily dose... no more problems.

spazz

Yeah . . . unless your psychosomatic response is still too strong.

[OakLeaf]

Another option for ingestion is chewable tablets.

NOW Foods, a popular brand that you should be able to find at any natural food store, has a chewable B-12. That's the only one I found that isn't combined with folic acid.

I didn't find chewable vitamin D alone from any major manufacturer, but it's out there from some smaller companies, and also chewable calcium supplements often include vitamins D and K.

[SadieKate]

NOW Foods, a popular brand that you should be able to find at any natural food store, has a chewable B-12. That's the only one I found that isn't combined with folic acid.

Huh, that initially sounds nasty considering the normal smell of a B supplement but I did read it. Maybe I can manage that . . . Chef Bubba can give it to me as my breakfast fruit serving.

This brings to mind that some vitamins and minerals need to be in the presence of certain other ones to be readily absorbed.

Dang this is complicated. Figuring out custom gearing is a whole lot easier -- and sometimes cheaper!

[OakLeaf]

considering the normal smell of a B supplement

I'm pretty sure the smell is from the B-2. B-12 should be odorless IIRC.

But it's beyond me how people like the taste of Red Bull and the like... with that very strong vitamin pill flavor. I guess with enough vodka, when you're 17, anything tastes great.

[SadieKate]

Thanks. Just thinking about burping Vit B was making me a little green.

[ridenread]

If you are low in B12 because of pernicious anemia then injectable B12 is the best way to go. There are also sublingual B12 supplements. They dissolve under your tongue rather than moving through your digestive system. They have a mildly sweet taste and not a strong vitamen smell or taste.

I have been doing the injections for almost 12 years