Supplements are KILLING my stomach, advice?!


Question: Supplements are KILLING my stomach, advice.?
Hello, I take several supplements which are very beneficial for me but the biggest problem I'm having constant stomach turmoil and I mean constant. All of these are holistic MD recommended and I have taken them with food. Here's the deal: AM 3 multi tablets, 500 mg of Niacinamide, 2000mg of Vit C, 500mg omega 3, borage oil, 1/2 tsp of L-Glutamine, I then repreat the multi at lunch and then in the PM I take the above mentioned PLUS magnesium 200 mg and then at bedtime I take 5-htp. My stomach feels like it's on fire most of the time and I dread taking the next round as it's just going to start all over again. I like what it's doing for me on many levels but my stomach is just torn up. Any recommendations would be helpful. Again, I have tried with food. I don't drink but maybe one cup of coffee a week..... I just don't know if I can keep up with the pain in my stomach. OK, thank you!Health Question & Answer


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Have your supplements tested on you by an Applied Kinesiologist. They can help you figure out which ones are good for you. They can figure out your allergies (food that you are sensitive to). I also take a lot of supplements, but they are all prescribed by my Applied Kinesiologist, who is also a chiropractor and practices craniosacral therapy. Health Question & Answer

WOW, you are taking a lot of supplements. Most people get most of there daily vitamins and minerals in the daily diet. I think you are just taking way way to many. also, you may have an ulcer. If I were you would stop taking the supplements and fast for a week or two. Fasting will help to cleanse your body. Hope this helps.Health Question & Answer

Pain is an important signal. Stop taking these supplements immediately. They are causing more harm than good. You are ruining your digestive system Tell your Dr. the effect they have on you. If he insists that you take them, find another Dr. No reputable MD would prescribe medications that cause pain.

You will end up in the hospital with serious damage if you continue to take these pills. Health Question & Answer

Express you concern to the MD that prescribed the supplements. There might have been something overlooked.

Meanwhile eat bland foods like rice, oats or rye boiled as if feeding for baby. Water, apple juice, weak tea chamomile with or without a little ginger and some honey should help. Health Question & Answer

I know for sure the vit. C and magnesium will cause diarrhea. If that is your problem try taking extra iron and calcium. :)Health Question & Answer

Just eat regular food.Health Question & Answer

Can I ask you why you are taking all of this.? Is it to cure something, are you lacking all of this, or is it to prevent something.? If it hurts - STOP! Why are you taking so many multivitamins.?.?.? and why do you have to repeat this throughout the day and night.?.?.? Personally I feel that you should just stop taking all of this and let your body flush everything out. Get a good multivitamin, such as Detoxigreens from www.drnatura.com. This is a complete multivitamin with all of they greens and phytonutrients. I take these daily and I also mix one in a smoothie for my 8 year old son. You won't find a more complete multivitamin than this one. I also take flaxseed oil, and Beta Glucan to keep up my immunities. Listen to your body. Not every doctor, conventional or holistic, are correct in what they recommend!Health Question & Answer

I am surprised you of all people would ask this question. If your body is telling you to stop taking this stuff, it seems to me the sensible thing would be to stop.

There is no evidence from controlled clinical trials that supplements do anybody any good. The only exceptions to that statement are:

1) Women of childbearing age should take folic acid supplements, and

2) Elderly women should take calcium and vitamin D supplements.

Otherwise, I suggest you save your money. Just get plenty of exercise which I know you already do). Health Question & Answer

with all those supplements you're taking, i don't wonder why you are having tummy problems. 500mg of vitamin C is already okay for the day... in some extreme cases, 1,000mg of Vitamin C may be recommend by your medical doctor... Vitmin C causes stomach pain. I used to take 1000mg of Vit C, but I had to stop because I was already having GERD... now I am suffering from ulcers...

be careful with what you take into your system... not only will your stomach be affected, your liver and kidneys may also be affected and this will pose bigger and more serious problems. please see a medical doctor, a gastroenterologist in particular. He/She is the right person to discuss with you your stomach problem, In the meantime, I suggest, you stop taking those medicines till you see a gastroenterologist.Health Question & Answer

I would stay on the borage oil . I am assuming that it's a gel cap.
The multi tab what brand is it.? If you are going to take iron as someone recommend I would go with the brand "Flora" it is a liquid iron made from plants. If you take iron tablets they don't work.
People make the mistake when treating the symptom and not the cause.
!st thing clean up your diet.
2nd. take something that will aide in digestion.
3rd make sure are having proper elimination 2 to 3 BM a day.
4th. clean the liver. (milk thistle heals, dandelion root cleans liver, kidney and pancreas.
drink 64 oz of water daily.
when we eat process food its JUNK same with over process supplementsHealth Question & Answer

Stop at once, instead detox your body ,do not eat cooked food for those 3 days ,raw fruit of all kinds makeing sure eat them separatelly, the point is not to mix citrus fruit with sweet ones, exem. do not mix banana with pineaple,banana with mango ok,melons are to be eaten alone.you can drink gentle teas such as chamomil sweetened whit splenda etc. eat as much fruit as you like as indicated.second day you may eat hole wheat toasted, pure honey bee, raw vegetables with olive oil; third day add cereal soups steamed wild rice microed potatoes and all natural cereals not made with refined materials all natural. fourth day start eating light better if nao fried foods.Health Question & Answer

skip the regiman for a day to see if your stomach improves at all. Skipping one day won't make a difference and it may help identify what the problem is. I would tell you doctor what is going on. also, try eating only very bland foods and not so much fiber at this time. That might help until your stomach is healed. I have gastritis from taking so much anti inflammitory meds for arthritis and used to take a prescribed med for that. After my stomach healed, I was able to take myself off of it but I do have to watch what I eat. Weird things bother me, like a large apple, with the peeling just about kills me. I know what you mean by the fireball in your stomach!! also, anything with carbonation is like drinking liquid fire. Artificial sweeteners do it too. also, drinking chamomile tea is very calming and it is also a natural digestive aid and works nearly as well as prescription stomach medicine. I never take any supplement on an empty stomach, ever, even if all I eat with it is crackers and milk. Taking supplements with food enhances the digestion of them and some actually work better when taken with food.
That pain in your stomach is serious. If you start a GI bleed, you could be very ill so treat that NOW.Health Question & Answer



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