Am I overdoing the vits?

[leckert]

Just had a thought this evening, as I was taking my folate, Centrum (multivitamin), my flaxseed oil capsules, my Blackmores Conceive Well Gold, and my extra B6 that I may be overdoing the multivitamin side of things IYKWIM. Am I doubling up with the centrum and the Conceive well gold? (I don't want the centrum to go to waste and DH won't take them - doesn't like taking tablets let alone the ones the size of the centrum)

[Starzia]

Hi, yes you are doubling up taking both as they are both mulitvitamins, won't be doing you any harm but a bit of a waste of money, I would just stick to the Concieve Well as they are better quality and better absorbed than the Centrum.

[Lucy]

A lot of vitamins are water soluble, to you can't "overdose" on them as the excess that your body doesn't need gets expelled via your wee.

BUT some vitamins are NOT water soluble, and could cause issues if you take too much. So I would drop the Centrum........

[Bloom]

I'm not sure on overdoing the vitamins, but I have a suggestion for your DH and the centrum. My DH started taking multivitamins as it could possibly help with his low motility. He actually chose the centrum as you can crush it up (he won't swallow any pills). So my advice would be to start your DP on a multivitamin (even if you think he eats well) as it takes 3 months for the vitamins to have affect on his sperm....

[krysalyss]

Drop one of the multivits as you can overdo some of the ingredients with severe effects (eg. selemium)
HTH.

[~Raven~]

You could probably get rid of the extra folate as well as the centrum cos the blackmores has an adequate amount of folate in it