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09-05-2007, 10:50 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: north wales, uk
Posts: 629
| | | which supplements do you take?
and why...?
i take each day :~
3 capsules of fish oils (for heart, joints and memory)
1 capsule of starflower oil (reputed to have anti-inflammatory properties)
2 tablets of glucosamine with cider vinegar and chondroitin. (for repair of joints, also liver support) |
09-05-2007, 11:21 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Tennessee
Posts: 543
| | | None. I've yet to see any creditable evidence that they do any good.
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I was born with nothing and I've still got most of it. |
09-05-2007, 11:41 AM
|  | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 7,178
| | | I take fish oil tablets for cholesterol
Chromium for weight and blood sugar
One a Day for Women
__________________ T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Byetta 5 mcg
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Lower carb dieter (approx. 75 total carbs/day, more on weekends), taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
05/08: 6.2 (right after dealing with shingles and bronchitis)  |
09-05-2007, 12:09 PM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Ohio
Posts: 4,638
| | | I take Ferrous Sulfate for my anemia, but keep getting conflicting info about other supplements, so just do not take any.
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17 post cards from round 1
3 postcards from round 1/2
And 1 from Ed
I will remember you
Will you remember me
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories.
I'm so tired but I can't sleep
Standing on the edge of something
much too deep
It's funny how we feel so much
but cannot say a word
We are screaming inside
But we cannot be heard
Sarah McLachlan
8/26/08 A1C 6.4
Cholesterol below 100
BP 114/64
Still anemic
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09-05-2007, 12:24 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: St. Charles, IL
Posts: 549
| | | Multivitamin - just in case I'm short of something
Fish oil - for lower cholesterol/triglycerides
Metamucil caps - for fiber
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09-05-2007, 02:23 PM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Michigan
Posts: 708
| | | I was on Omocor (prescription fish oil) for cholesterol. It worked butnot as well as lipitor, I'm back on Lipitor. and I took blueberry extract which was recommended by my eye doctor and I have to say I do think it helped.
now I take calcium/magnesium and a multivitamin and thats it.
Becareful of which supplements you take they are MEDICINE, many can be toxic at high levels, and they can interact with prescription meds and grapefruit like regular rx meds do. (example: willow bark has the same ingredient as asprin which can thin your blood, ginko also can thin blood, dandilion root is a diuretic and can be harsh on the kidneys when used with other diuretics and shouldnt be taken with other blood pressure meds, there are websites that list other interactions) Let your drs/pharmacist know which ones you are taking. |
09-05-2007, 02:28 PM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,583
| | | A multi-vitamin. |
09-05-2007, 02:48 PM
|  | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
Posts: 7,392
| | | Super B complex. I do it for neuropathy (who knows), hot flashes (not working) and hair loss (time will tell).
Nothing else. |
09-05-2007, 03:01 PM
|  | Junior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: On the Palouse, WA, U.S.A.
Posts: 61
| | which supplements do you take? None And why? Because that seems to work for me 
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Hemoglobin A1C:
October 2006, 6.3% | January 2007, 6.1% | April 2007, 5.5% | July 2007, 5.4% | October 2007, 5.4% | January 2008, 5.0% | April 2008, 5.5% | July 2008, 5.5%
First year after diagnosis: Diet, exercise and 1 x 500 MG Metformin daily.
Second year after diagnosis: Experimenting with just diet and exercise.
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09-05-2007, 07:19 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Spotsylvania, VA (USA)
Posts: 1,416
| | | Multi Vitamin for Women
Vitamin C
Vitamin B Complex
Green Tea Capsules
2 Low Dose Asprin
__________________  Visit Me Online @ www.whinny4me.com Diet (carb aware) and Daily Exercise (walking and working horses)
Byetta, Lantus and Humalog • • • God Bless the USA • • • |
09-05-2007, 07:37 PM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: West Virginia
Posts: 538
| | | Apple Cider Vinegar - 3 tablespoons with lunch and dinner to reduce BG spikes.
Chromium Picolinate - 200 mg twice daily for help with BG control.
Cinnamon Capsules - 1000 mg twice daily for help with BG control.
Insulow (r-Alpha Lipoic Acid & Biotin) - before each meal for help with BG control and increased energy.
Omega 3 Fish Oil - 1000 mg three times daily to hopefully prevent cholesterol problems.
Salacia Oblonga - 500 mg before each meal to reduce BG spikes.
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. |
09-06-2007, 06:57 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: north wales, uk
Posts: 629
| | | its interesting all the different supplements people take, even the fact that some people dont take anything at all. |
09-06-2007, 07:03 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Asheville, NC
Posts: 751
| | | Multi-vitamin
Flax seed oil - cholesterol (don't like fish oil)
Niacin - (can't remember why but my doctor suggested it and I wrote it down somewhere)
81 mg Aspirin
Daily dose of positive thinking |
09-06-2007, 08:38 AM
|  | Member | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: England
Posts: 419
| | | I take a multivitamin most days
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type: MODY 3
diagnosed: feb 2000
using: lantus and novorapid
last Hba1c: 5.7% July 2007
previous HbA1c:5.6% April 2007
previous HbA1c: 6.2% Febuary 2007
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09-06-2007, 02:08 PM
| | Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Far-from-Fenway
Posts: 157
| | | Multi Vitamin
Calcium for my bones
Fish Oil for my heart
Baby ASA |
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