jupiter:
Hi All, can anyone tell me the best way to take a multivitamin to give it maximum benefit. , I mean with food, before food?? and how long after that can coffee be consumed? Thanks.
allopathicholistic:
some peopl e like vitamins with yogurt or something else that's 'live' such as fruit to 'activate' the vitamin. i'm guessin g your own stomach's hydrochloric acid will do just as fine. dont know about the coffee thing. i can't take coffee- too dehydrating to my body....... and dehydration w/ HIV is something i won't play around with- but that's just moi
JohnOso:
For some reason multivits always play havoc with my stomach, causing a dull sense of nausea if I pop them on an empty stomach. So for this reason alone I take them with something (ANYTHING...)
This is just me talking here, but I would think the fat-soluble ones might be better absorbed with food (that has fat in it). Perhaps both of these reasons are why the label usually says to take around meal times.
John
JohnOso:
And I agree with AH...dehydration is bad. I gave up coffee about 6 months ago (brutal too...), plus all sodas. I just drink water now, with the occasional rooibos tea.
John
jupiter:
Thanks for the replies! Re coffee, I did one of those body detox things a while ago and quitting coffee was priety easy. I used to drink maybe about 8 cups a day for a while now i have cut down to two at the most. Lots of peppermint tea and water now. Im feeling better since quitting the coffee.
I did have some mild nausea yeaterday as i have strated taking the multivitamins so ill see how i go today.