I don't take any vitamins or supplements.

I eat Paleo because it helped me get rid of my blood pressure medication. I don't want new or more pills. I do my best to eat a wide range of food and my blood tests always come back in the normal range. It may not be optimal, but I prefer it this way. Plus, vitamins and supplements are expensive and I'd rather spend my money on food.

Children's multivitamin in gummy bear form: Even though I probably don't need it, the smaller children's dose make it pretty benign, and I consider it insurance given my sometimes erratic vegetable consumption. Also, before going paleo, gummy bears were my favorite junk food, so eating two a day is a daily treat that I look forward to much more than I anticipated.

Fish oil: the reason is pretty obvious. Even though my primary proteins are pastured grass fed ground beef and pastured eggs, I believe my n3-n6 ratio still needs correction. Once my pills run out I plan on switching to actual oil, which will make larger doses easier to administer.

ZMA: Zinc and magnesium seem to be the only supplements other than VD3 and DHA that all of the leading voices in the paleo world seem to agree on.

BCAA: Since I do heavy lifts four times a week, which is a rather time-consuming commitment, the idea that my body would ever eat away at muscle mass for energy is pretty scary. So, before lifts - and during accidental fasts while studying or travelling - I take the recommended dosage.

Creatine: 5mg/day. Again, I work so hard at achieving strength gains that it would be silly to not ensure that I am maximizing my results without much risk of negative side effects.

CLO: I take this randomly, and when I feel like my sun exposure is low; it replaces my VD3 during the summer. I plan on switching to FCLO at some point.

VD3: 5000 IU every other day during the winter.

Melatonin: Very rarely, when I either fear that falling asleep will be difficult, or when I feel that I really need a good night's sleep. Honestly, though, I haven't really noticed a difference. In the beginning I though I did, but in retrospect it's hard to say if there is any substance to that perception.

Calcium chews: Very rarely, when I think about it. I drink a lot of iced coffee, which messes with calcium absorption according to the recent review on Paleo MD. Also, my left foot has a tendency to randomly get injured, a sharp pain that seems to run through parts in the middle of it. It seems like a bone issue, so calcium makes sense. But, again, I don't supplement calcium frequently.

Flax seed pills: Very rarely, but Seth Roberts self experimentation has convinced me that they have something of value to offer, though the underlying cause or mechanism is unclear. Even if I specifically don't need them, I figure if I take them every once in a while, it can't hurt.

Vitamin C: I like my bacon crispy, which is supposed to be carcinogenic, so when I don't have fruit on hand, I pop a Vit C chew, which Sisson claims might counteract the carcinogenic effects of charred meat. This is another instance where, even if the claim is false or overblown, the negative side effects would be benign.

Vitamin D3, 10,000IU/day. I started taking it a few months ago because I kept bumping into research that showed a definite correlation between lack of sunlight and cancer incidence. Both my birth parents died of cancer, my mother at an age not much removed from my current age, so it was on my mind. Furthermore, I live the life of a mole person, so even the pale, weak sun we get here in the Willamette Valley is not part of my day.

After about a week on the supplements, I noticed I hadn't used my rescue inhaler once. Since starting the regimen about 10 weeks ago, I've used my inhaler six times total. This is pretty close to a miracle for me.

BTW, my doctor nearly fainted when I told her how much I was taking, and she was convinced I was "toxic." She had my levels tested, and I'm at 78 ng/mL (the lab's reference range is 35-100).

I don't believe veggies have the vitamin / mineral content they used to have due to the over use of fertilizers and soil depletion. Same with the feed that even grass fed cows get. I take a good mineral supplement, vit K2, magnesium, vit D, vit E and vit C, but not daily, I stagger them out over 2-3 days.

I take 25mg zinc, 2-3 GMs Carlsons O-3's, 1/2 dose of GMC Ultra Active Women's Multivit without iron, D3 5000 mg, Mag Cit 400 in the evening.

Why? I was a total health catastrophe in 1997, age 44. After years of fighting progressively worse PMDD, I was seriously depressed. I had been literally aching all over for two years and had joint pain to the extent that I could find no postion of comfort when I tried to sleep and I was sleeping a broken total of about 3-4 hours/night. The ulcerative colitis that had appeared with a bang at age 22 and had been vanquised by my doing Atkins then (but not knowing this - it just "went away") had come back even worse...far worse... I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia and "suspicious for" whatever other soup of autoimmune disease. I shut down when the IM said the "Lupus" and "RA" words. My rosacea was severe. Anxiety at a level of: wooly mammoths at the door.

Even then I didn't believe the appearance of all this stuff together was any coincidence. I was about 185 then at 5'6"...I had been about 30lbs overweight through "creep" and was now 50lbs overweight...

Paxil for a little under two years bought me time and especially helped my seveer anxiety which was through the roof. I began researching...I remembered Atkins from 1974 and75...

Bought the new Atkins, Protein Power, Carbohydrate Addicts and Sugar Busters and read alot and thought alot. Then Andrew Stolls's psych research came out using omega 3's.

Weaned off Paxil over 2 months...titrated Omega 3's up - highest was 10GM/day...averaged 8GMs/d for more than a year, along with multi, along with first 50lbs off in 10 months, by now it was Oct of 2000. (I had put 50lbs more on over two years taking Paxil.)

2 more years on all the above stated supps minus D3 (started 3 years ago) and 90lbs was off.

Cut to the chase: I believe, rightly or wrongly, that O-3's had a very powerful effect in my healing - brain - deranged metabolism -bowel -joints (I was a hypoglycemic/IR nightmare who literally could not go without eating 3 hours sometimes without becoming so hypoglycemic I looked Parkinsonian!) I believe O-3's continue to be very supportive to my health. I believe that they have been highly instumental in healing my IR. Additionally, I have experienced, strongly, that they affect my stress tolerance. My childhood was a massive string of fight or flight experieces. To say the least, I've been the "cortisol Queen" all my life. I've gotten alot accomplished in my life and contributed in ways to my profession that I feel good about. And Im definitely a person you want around in any kind of emergency/crisis situation. But having neurobiology like mine in which I liteally go from zero to 1000 in a second, has not been healthy for me in the longterm and has infact, harmed me alot. Not to mention that it has fed into many years of super-workaholism...mega stress...little sleep...you get the pic...

Omega-3's are a part of multiple self healing interventions that I work on me as in my opinion, the "Cortisol Queen" is never going to completely heal.The others include consiousness work/meditation and some wooooooo energy work. Whenever I can access Trager Method bodywork, I do so. I have deeply, deeply established neural pathways that began in very early childhood. Denying them aint helpful.

High B Vits especially in my multi are very important. I'm post menopausal and the night-wake-up fairies and hot flash devils still visit me. I think my B's and other supports in my multi are helpful.

Nice smoothout effects with mag, nice synergism with zinc+mag and nice "I like never being sick" effects from Zinc.

And we all know about D3.

I'm wary of synthetic vitamins. When I'm not making kefir and/or eating lots of veggie ferments, I take a probiotic (Renew Life). I take fermented CLO and high vitamin butter oil. I also take digestive bitters before meals if I'm not having a bitter salad. Otherwise I try to get most of my nourishment the old fashioned way- free range eggs, pastured meat/fat/dairy (sorry- I'm not officially paleo) and as local and seasonal as I can get and I consume a lot of nettle and bone broth. I do a lot of wildcrafting and foraging and spend time in the sun WITHOUT commercial sunscreen.

I'm taking 60mg of zinc, 400mg of magnesium, and 10mg of B6 nightly to improve my sleep.

I'm also taking 400mg vit k 4 times per week. This is mostly due to being VLC and not getting very much K in my diet.

Finally, Cod Liver Oil every night, but I usually just take enough to balance out my omegas... anywhere between a single tablespoon and a 1.5oz shotglass (if I've eaten commercial poultry/pork).

I don't take a multivitamin because I don't like the "kitchen sink" approach to multis. I've logged my daily intake off-and-on for several years and even when I'm not trying, my vitamin/mineral intake is very, very consistent. The items above resolve most irregularities, and seem to work the best for me.

I don't take a multivitamin. They have waay too much stuff I already get enough/too much of, for one (A, B vitamins). I'm not a big supplement person and those I use, I don't use every day, every week or even for months at a time. But I will list them anyway:

Vitamin D, when I'm not getting regular sun - duh. ;)

Zinc, a few times per month - since I started doing this, the white spots on my nails went away and my skin has been extra nice. Will continue.

Kelp pill, every so often - I worry that I don't get enough iodine.

Sometimes I take a teaspoon of cod liver oil, but not at all regularly. I consume so much grassfed heavy cream and butter, eggs, and liver I'm practically ODing on retinol every day, and I don't want to push it.

No multivitamin, just magnesium, vitamin D, and alpha lipoic acid. Occasionally I'll take a B-100 or some turmeric but for the most part that's it. I used to be a real vitamin junkie (enthusiast?) but I'm sort of weaning myself off most at this point.

I grind up a mushroom called Chaga, which grows on birch trees here in Alaska, and make a tea which I drink several cups of every evening. Full of anti-oxidants and polysaccharides.

I don't take a multivitamin. I alternate the following: Day 1: 3 fish oil caps (from Sisson), 1 probiotic (Sisson), 6000 IU Vitamin D3, 1 cap Vitamin K2. Day 2: 1/2 tsp Green Pasture's Fermented Cod liver and butter oil, 1 probiotic. Day 3: Dr. Cannell's Vitamin D3 (5000 IU) with Mg, Zn, B, K2, and a few other trace things. On occasion, I take a little Natural Calm magnesium if I feel headachy. However, I read that it may contain some lead, so I doubt if I will do that any more. Anyone want some Natural Calm?

i don't even take "multi vitamins" or anything at all - fish oil and stuff like that - that's for hippies, vegans and other unglamorous creatures

No multis for me. I take 2 grams EPA per day plus 5000 IU of D3, 5 grams Creatine and 10 grams BCAAs. At night I take a magnesium/potassium supplement.

I take a multi that has a probiotic in it, I take vitamin D 5000 iu, potassium and I just started taking a B12 supp because I was in the low-normal range on my blood work. Before anyone tells me to just eat more beef - I eat a shit ton of beef, my body apparently isn't using it.

No multi. I take 1-2 tsp(?) fish-oil and 2,000IU vitamin D daily. I randomly take magnesium, vitamin C, and a probiotic.

I'd rather not be taking supplements at all.

3,000 IUs of D3 and 3 kelp tablets and 6 fish oil capsules (when I remember them). The kelp is to provide natural iodine, as a friend of mine who was very compliant Paleo got pushed into iodine deficiency. I know I could get more natural iodine from eating sea vegetables and such, but it's honestly cheaper to take the kelp tablets. At some point I will get my iodine/bromide levels tested. I don't have overt iodine deficiency symptoms at the moment.

I have supplements in the house, but I usually just use them medicinally. I keep MSM in the house in case something sets off my dog's allergies or in case I accidentally gluten myself as it helps a bit with the inflammation. I keep Vitamin D around for when I realize I'm not getting enough sun. I keep digestive enzymes around for when the stress hits the fan and I know I'm not digesting my food properly. Things like that.

I'm sure you've seen them, but just in case:

http://whole9life.com/2010/08/whole9-supplement-evaluation-checklist/

http://whole9life.com/2010/09/supplements-part-ii/

I take Carlson's fish oil, the Now Foods enzymes and zinc, and natural calm magnesium--all stuff referenced on their post because I wanted to try them out. I figure I probably have a lot of inflammation issues, and Omega 3/6 imbalance. The fish oil and magnesium were meant to help with that. Magnesium also meant to help manage stress levels and improve sleep quality. The enzymes were in lieu of a multivitamin. I would rather digest more nutrients from my food than take them in a pill.

I don't really know why I am taking the zinc. As a result, I forget to take it a lot.

green pastures fermented cod liver oil

Magnesium as natural calm

Acetyl L carnitine

Zinc

Creatine

Beta-Alanine

BCAAs

The cod liver oil I've just always taken since WAP. Magnesium cuz I don't think I get it through my food. ALC because of supposed mental benefits. Creatine for muscle mass and workout performance. Beta alanine for performance. Oh and zinc cuz I don't think I get it through diet enough.

Just two for me: Now ZMA at bed and then two of the Spectrum Fish oil capsules after each daily workout. I tried spooning cod liver oil and it just wasn't convenient for me - I like to keep to a consistent time when I take my supplements. Both for recovery in addition to the ZMA for sleepytime. The way I eat replenishes all the rest, so just keeping it simple :)

I take 8.1 grams of SFH (stronger Faster Healthier) liquid fish oil first thing in the morning empty stomach. Thats only one tablespoon. It comes in 5 flavors so I switch it up from Lemon or tangerine to chocolate or mint. I take Methyl B12 in am. I also use the Post Workout Recovery Drink it has all the branch chain and essential amino acids you need for ATP replenishment, cell hydration and cell recovery! Best part, it comes from Grass Fed Cattle that are calved only once a year. Keeps the estrogen levels super low.
I also use ZMA or Natural Calm at night. Depending on how I feel I add Zinc and B6 as well throughout the day.
My new favorite is E3 Alive. a frozen Algae. It has all the essential minerals and vitamins.

Heres a link for SFH products with a discount. www.strongerfasterhealthier.com/ref/APL

APL will give you a 10% discount.

I take a generic pre-natal. I started taking Sam-e and vitD3 for my depression, and they helped a bit, taking a break from them now, still seem okay. I have fish oil that I rarely take because I don't like them, and forget about them in my fridge. I give my 3 year old a Flintstone and some fish-oil gummies when I remember/when she asks for them. I'm worried about iodine, what are good sources aside from kelp?

Multivitamin 2,000 IU D3 1,500 mg Curcumin 3 X Recovery extra strength (MSM/Glucosamine for joint pain) 2,000-3,000 mg wild salmon oil

I dump the D3 if I am out in the sun all day and ditch the fish oil relative to how much salmon/sardines I consume so theoretically D3 and fish oil supplementation could be 0 on a sunny, fish-filled day. I have recently been tracking my nutrition on fitday.com and although there are a few shortcomings it has shown me that my macro ratios are about 60/20/20 fat/carbs/protein and all my micronutrient levels are way over (150-200%+) the recommended daily levels. The only exception is D (80% of recommended) which I supplement and calcium (90% of recommended - I eat no dairy).

Given this I am seriously considering losing the multi and switching the Curcumin so that I only take it when my knees act up rather than daily. Hopefully can do the same with the MSM.

Vitamin D3 (I live in the Pacific Northwest, where the sun shines maybe one week per year?), Kelp (for a bit of iodine, since I'm pretty sure my veggie years were out to kill me), and Inositol (a new addition as of yesterday).

The Inositol is for my OCD/Anxiety. Here's hoping it helps. :)

No multi

10.000-20.000IU Vit A

Vit D when no sun

5mg Vit K2-MK4

25mg zinc

1-2g Vit C

750mcg potassium iodide

*Vitamin D 3 = 10,000 IU a day *Omega 3 Fatty Acids *Resvertrol *Curcumin *Digestive Enzymes *Milk Thistle

And others that are mixtures, thank you Life Extension.

For my irregular heart beat I try and maintain a 4:1 potassium to sodium ratio. By taking:

Magnesium:

http://www.iherb.com/Doctor-s-Best-High-Absorption-Magnesium-100-mg-120-Tablets/15?at=0

I also take potassium gluconate:

http://www.iherb.com/now-foods-potassium-gluconate-1-lb-454-g/13939?at=0

And with this (Taurine for my heart):

http://www.iherb.com/Jarrow-Formulas-Taurine-1000-1000-mg-100-Capsules/133?at=0

as well as Co-Q10:

http://www.iherb.com/Jarrow-Formulas-Q-absorb-Co-Q10-100-mg-60-Softgels/142?at=0

I also take Vitamin D and Fish Oil...

I don't take anything. Just real food, and lots of it.

Because I'm eating a cyclic low/zero-carb diet and worried that I don't get enough nutrients. I also am trying to make sure I don't have deficiencies, and that I can lose another 100 pounds without a setback.

Multivitamin & a multi-mineral

Vitamin D3

Vitamin B-12

Vitamin C

Super-Enzyme (after a meal)

Iodine (kelp)

Vitamin K2

Choline

I take daily:

• 1 Multi (LEF 2 a day)
• 1 5000 IU D3
• 1 LEF K2 formula
• 1 1000 mg Vit C
• 5 Kelp pills yielding 1.625 mg of Iodine

Ocassionally:

• 2 tsp fish oil (only on days when I eat higher 06 and do not consume alcohol, on my standard VLC grassfed beef day I don't take this)
• 500 mg Mg
• 500 Mcg sublingual Melatonin (very ocassionally)

I feel great.