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I have tried all sorts of vitamin supplements, the dairy and wheat-free once dailies, but even when taken with food, they make me very queasy. Any one else experience this? What might be the cause?

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I think its the iron in most multi, get one iron free and get easy iron if needed. I like the orange triad, now stuff and ON. I am using vitamin shoppe now.

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Same here, and my mom, too. Once, I actually had to pull my car over the side of the road to be sick after stupidly taking vitamins with no food. (Even with food, they're not great.) I just don't take the ones that make me sick. That pretty much leaves Vitamin D, and I'm cool with that.

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What brand/type of Vit D do you take? – Lyndsay Jan 28 2012 at 19:45
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Whole Foods' store brand, 2000 iu. I usually take 3 to 4 of them. – staceychev Jan 29 2012 at 13:36
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1) Make sure any supplements that you do take are of decent quality.

2) Many, if not most vitamin supplements, are fat-soluble. Don't just take with food. Take with some fat(ty food).

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Thanks, I eat fat with every meal. – Lyndsay Jan 28 2012 at 23:35
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Does it have magnesium stearate in it? That is a binder that Dr. Mercola contends is not good for you, and can even be harmful.

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Stearate, as in stearic acid, the saturated fatty acid that paleo folk eat gobs of? I'd want to see the data before I buy into that. – Matt Jan 29 2012 at 15:55
Here is a link to one of his articles on it - articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/… – Jackie Jan 29 2012 at 20:27
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I too get queasy burps if I take my vitamins on an empty stomach. Many vitamins are bitter themselves. I find that bitter foods tent to turn my stomach more easily than others.

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I've had that happen with a cheap Multi many years ago, I suspect one of the B vitamins, or one of the fillers they use. Eat some food with it and it will go away.

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No, I don't use the cheapies with fillers. I do eat with them, as spelled out above. – Lyndsay Jan 28 2012 at 20:41
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i dont take a multivitamin but i do notice that they have a paint coating of titanium dioxide to give a pretty white coating. i wash it off befor i feed it to my yeast that ferment my wine. im pretty sure that titanium is a heavy metal and might have unknown toxicity issues yet to be discovered. at one time i was concerned about the gelatin coating coming from europe might have Mad Cow prions in it. But Gummy Bears were not banned it might have been just over looked.

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