# The Queen Vitamin Hour! Or, what do YOU take? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 25, 2005, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-queen-vitamin-hour-or-what-do-you-take/314049 "2005-07-25T14:10:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kuizelemartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19b73/32.png) [@Kuizelemartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuizelemartz)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-queen-vitamin-hour-or-what-do-you-take/314049/21 "2005-07-26T01:40:34Z")
All you Metamucil people gotta try Benefiber. No grit, no sludge factor, no sugar. You can put it in so many things. It has no flavor and completely dissolves. Thank me individually later. Oh and you can’t get enough fiber sometimes. I love broccoli and eat it about 4 times a week. Kellogg came out with a new breakfast bar, 5 whole grams of fiber per bar! And its pretty darn yummy, almost like a Rice Krispy Treat if you have the right mindset. You’ll never pry my Flintstones chewables from my fist, I don’t care how old I am. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-queen-vitamin-hour-or-what-do-you-take/314049/22 "2005-07-26T02:17:21Z")
Sundown Kids Complete Spiderman Vitamins. My niece didn’t like them. So my mother, who doesn’t like wasting money and worries about my diet, mailed the bottle to me with the next batch of photographs. Lithium Carbonate Paxil Concerta More lithium at night., ---
**Author:** ![kalex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dfb087/32.png) [@kalex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kalex)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-queen-vitamin-hour-or-what-do-you-take/314049/23 "2005-07-26T03:12:57Z")
Vitamins? I take Hair Skin and Nail (coat, hoof and mouth, we call 'em) Biotin, because I am obsessed with my hair Rutin, which helps prevent big ass bruises on my arms from damned fragile skin (Topical vitamin K helps too) plus… Allegra Nasocort Advair for asthma and Ambien which isn’t a vitamin but should be. My cat’s on Glipizide. We all get a pill in this house. ---
**Author:** ![Shana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Shana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shana)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-queen-vitamin-hour-or-what-do-you-take/314049/24 "2005-07-26T09:09:03Z")
Since I’ve been pregnant I’ve had to simplfy my vitamin regimen. I only take a prenatal vitamin and acidopholus now. Goodness, before than I took Amazon Rainforest Herbs, Co-Q 10, Ginko, and a nasty Calcium/Magnesium powdered drink. Eve, I take flaxseeds for fiber… Without them I would be an extremely cranky pregnant woman! A couple of teaspoons with water does the trick. You might like it better than that icky Metamucil. ;)regiman ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-queen-vitamin-hour-or-what-do-you-take/314049/25 "2005-07-26T09:40:59Z")
Is this thread for women only? Anyway… I take… nothing. I enjoy a diet that also includes lots and lots of fruit and vegetables (no, I really _do_ enjoy it that way). I try to get as varied dietary input as I possibly can (partly because I just _love_ food) ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-queen-vitamin-hour-or-what-do-you-take/314049/26 "2005-07-26T14:01:52Z")
No it is not for women only. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-queen-vitamin-hour-or-what-do-you-take/314049/27 "2005-07-26T14:32:10Z")
I take Metamucil _capsules_–I didn’t even know it came in any other form! And there is no force on earth that would compel me to eat broccoli. Not even if you threatened to slaughter kittens in front of me. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-queen-vitamin-hour-or-what-do-you-take/314049/28 "2005-07-26T15:44:46Z")
When I’m stressed or unwell I take the following: Multibionta (multivitamin and mineral with pro-biotic) Echinacea Bach Rescue Remedy (I think it’s just the grape alcohol myself, but it seems to work) When I am PMSing I add in Evening Primrose Oil (3x 90mg GLA capsule per day) which helps. When I’m well and happy, I don’t bother with anything. My friend works in a healthfood shop…she tells me about the good stuff. Apparently “Skinny Mini” herbal slimming aid has an…_interesting_ effect when mixed with alcohol. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-queen-vitamin-hour-or-what-do-you-take/314049/29 "2005-07-26T16:43:04Z")
MultiVitamin Calcium Supplements Aspirin Vitamin E capsule Glucosamine Nettle Extract (anti-inflammatory) and about 11 different prescriptions. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-queen-vitamin-hour-or-what-do-you-take/314049/30 "2005-07-26T17:38:56Z")
> [@Veuve\_ClicquotNJ](#): > > The biotin & pre-natal vitamin are in an effort to stave off post- **gastric bypass surgery** (temporary) hair loss. Which surgery did you have? How’s that working for you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-queen-vitamin-hour-or-what-do-you-take/314049.md?page=1)