Has anyone else had a problem with vitamins?

Puffin · Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 6 Location: Missoula Montana

About a week ago (4-03-07) I bought some vitamins (Centrum Performance) and started taking them and felt sick, at first I thought it was from a dentist visit that caused a herpes out break in my mouth. The herpes subsided in about four days, I took my last vitamin on the morning of 4-09-07 but I continue to feel sick (mild headache can’t think straight, body aches, very tired and sleeping off and on throughout the day). I have found myself to be allergic to soy, corn, egg, dairy, kidney beans. My diet consists mainly of fruit and chicken for breakfast, cucumber, celery, apple, avocado, spring greens, cut up chicken and Annie’s salad dressing for lunch and meat chicken or fish and a vegetable for Dinner.
I stayed away from vitamins in the beginning so I could recognize a food that is giving me problems. I wanted to keep it as simple as possible and only add foods slowly and one at a time.
I took the Centrum because I thought it would be safe for me but either I have not healed enough to tolerate it yet or my body is having a problem with something in the Centrum.
When ever I start to feel sick and question a food I always go back to what I know is safe. However I am still sick and was wondering if I just need to give it time.
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cruelshoes · Joined: 23 Sep 2005 Posts: 3380 Location: Washington State

In looking at the Centrum Website, it looks like it has dairy in it.

mrsppmrxky · Joined: 09 Oct 2004 Posts: 1612 Location: GF Kitchen

Gelatin should be avoided if you are allergic to corn. (even Rx. tabs.)

Sometimes the ascorbic acid and the vit C come from corn.

hope you feel better soon!
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gfgini · Joined: 12 May 2007 Posts: 3 Location: naperville il

Hi Puffin- I'm sorry you ended up sick trying to do something good for yourself---but, I've had problems with vitamins as well. The ingredients listed contained starch. (right after vit. E) so that would be enough to make me stay away from Centrum! I have found that Twin Labs makes an allergy free vitamin I can tolerate - and I get sick from soy, corn, and a few other common ingredients in vitamins. It states right on the bottle that (in big print) that the vitamins are free from the most common allergens.
It is best to always call the manufacturer to double check, although sometimes they will state they can't be certain.
It amazes me, but many generic allergy pills have fillers that contain either wheat or corn starch. Good grief. Sad

Good luck!
gfgini
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Kimberley · Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 10:34 am Post subject:

Multies have never done me or my children any favours.

I learned, several years ago, that the best way to go it to buy each vitamin needed and then 'test' where you need to be at with that vitamin.

Lots of work and tracking but worth it.

The only exception I make now is that I take a B50 complex.

Some cool things I've learned is that Selenium makes me hyper/impatient. I don't know why yet, but I'm keeping my eye out for an explanation. (Obviously, I don't take it now.)

EPO along with B6 improves my mood in an amazing way.

I used to need to supplement daily when my gut was not healed... but now 5 years in and on a strict diet, I only supplement a couple of times a month - or as needed.
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