Is this combination safe? Women's One-A-Day Multivitamin, Omega-3 Fish Oil, Ginkgo, Ginseng, and SAM-e.?

Furthermore, are all these nutritional supplements safe on their own, let alone combined? Does anyone have comments or personal experience regarding effectiveness?





What I%26#039;m striving for is general health (the multivitamin), reduced stress and fatigue, increased mental performance and concentration/focus, and relief from depression. The SAM-e is possibly the most daunting thing in the combination (I hear it%26#039;s expensive and that it should be taken in conjunction with a B-Vitamin supplement - are the B-Vitamins in my multivitamin sufficient, or should I add on to that?).





I would appreciate substantiated info regarding the safety and effectiveness of this combination, and/or its components. Your personal experience is also appreciated.





Additionally, I am on the pill, but in my research there doesn%26#039;t seem to be any conflict with these supplements.





*I make a point to eat healthy, get enough sleep, and exercise (though I could probably do it more! It%26#039;s hard in winter).*

Is this combination safe? Women%26#039;s One-A-Day Multivitamin, Omega-3 Fish Oil, Ginkgo, Ginseng, and SAM-e.?
Absolutely. As long as you follow any of the warnings on the products (typically including pregnant/nursing, taking prescriptions, and/or have a medical condition), then you should be just fine. None of those overlap with the others (as long as the Multi doesn%26#039;t have any of those ingredients) and they don%26#039;t directly interact. You may want to make sure you don%26#039;t take the multi, Ginkgo, or Ginseng within 2 hours of going to bed, as they do help with some aspects of energy and/or circulation (both of which can keep you awake).





As far as being on the pill, I would suggest checking with a pharmacist to make sure that none of these would have a problem with your particular prescription... just to be on the safe side. Aside from that, the only possibility of a problem would be if you are allergic to any of the ingredients (which hardly anyone is).


Good for you for wanting to be healthy!








[edit]: Regarding your addition, Ginkgo and Ginseng are completely different and help with different things. Ginkgo is more for brain health and helps with circulation to the brain. Ginseng helps primarily with energy and some have some benefits for brain health (but different benefits than Ginkgo). If you%26#039;re looking for both those aspects, then I%26#039;d stick with both.


As far as differences between American and Korean/Asian Ginseng, they are both different strains of the same species... they both help with energy, but the overall effect with either one will vary depending on how your body responds to either one. There are a number of people that prefer a dual-Ginseng product that has both in a single pill, but that%26#039;s up to personal preference.





[edit]: To your second add-on, the only synthetic vitamin that is truly bad to take is synthetic Vitamin E. Most of the rest of the nutrients that are created synthetically are nature-identical to the natural nutrient, which your body will typically absorb just as well.


Most of the companies that say %26quot;synthetic vitamins are all bad%26quot; (or aren%26#039;t absorbed/utilized) are typically the companies that are selling completely natural vitamin products and are just hyping that up for their marketing. The funny thing is that there are some vitamins that aren%26#039;t available in nature in a stable enough form to be in a supplement, so they probably have some (but not many) synthetic vitamins in those complexes.


Don%26#039;t listen to the hype... listen to the facts and studies.
Reply:This is safe, provided you have no other medical conditions. Be aware of the actions of the supplements. The Ginko and Ginseng are supposed to give energy and focus, and they can, but they are also stimulants so too much can make you tweaked. B vitamins are good for stress in and of themselves.


Anxiety, mania or manic episodes may occur if you take high doses of SAM-e. Once you have enough SAM-e in your system, you may only need to take 100 mg every day or every other day.


I would be very careful self-medicating depression, as you can mess yourself up pretty well with %26quot;natural%26quot; things just as well as pharmaceuticals.


You can research the supplements here


http://altmedicine.about.com/cs/herbsvit...
Reply:Laura is right. Try and find a good natural vitamin


Most anything you find in the grocery store is synthetic.


Omega is good for many things. Brain function, motor and nerves, skin,.....





I was taking ginkgo and a lot of anti oxidents. I use to get headaches on the right side of my head. Now I get them on the left side of my head from taking too many. Don%26#039;t take more than the bottle says and don%26#039;t take too many different anti oxidents.





here is a link on ginseng types


http://ezinearticles.com/?Ginseng-Differ...
Reply:The good news is that there is likely no problem taking all of those together. If you do not abuse them, they are all safe on their own. If you find yourself jittery, ditch the ginseng.





Regarding what you might drop, it depends on your goals--they all do different things. If you have depression tendencies, please consider professional help.





Regarding effectiveness, you can read numerous consumer reviews on all of these products at an unbiased resource like NutritionalTree.com.
Reply:Vitamins and minerals in almost any combination are %26quot;safe%26quot;. The real question...are they effective?
Reply:The woman%26#039;s day is the synthetic and as you know, you can%26#039;t take more than what is on the label. I encourage you to re examine the difference between synthetics versus food form vitamin/minerals.





There are three generations of vitamin/minerals.





Synthetic which are the main cause of clogging public porta potties and are seen in X Rays and found in colostomy bags. 15% absorption capacity of these supplements. They are cheap and you get what you pay for.





Added food form, which increase absorption of vitamin/minerals up to 65% absorption.





And the latest generation, which is all food. Up to 90% absorption. That is what your cells are designed to take in... A food complex.





Omega 3%26#039;s are foods and are very good for you.





Too much omega will do nothing more than give you a slick bowel movement because its not toxic, but make sure the Omega 3 has no toxic metals like mercury in it, like Nordic Naturals...Again, you get what you pay for.





Yes, it makes sense that the SAM-e is to be taken with B-vitamin supplement. Everything we take in works with synergy because we are designed to get the whole food matrix, so we make up for it with synergy.





Here is a google video on synthetic vitamin/minerals versus all food molecules that our cells recognize and utilize for our autonomic nervous system. Synergy is %26quot;key.%26quot;


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=...
Reply:All the supplements you mention are safe on their own. They should also be *safe* taken together (meaning they won%26#039;t harm your body). This said, I wouldn%26#039;t start taking all of them at the same time. From personal experience, mixing too many supplements at one time can have funny effects, and not always pleasant ones. If I were you, I would just start on the multi, the fish oil (I would go for an omega 3-6-9 complex, actually) and the SAM-e, and see how that makes you feel. If you%26#039;re still feeling fatigued, or like something%26#039;s missing, I might add a *small* amount of ginseng to the mix. I would drop the ginkgo all together.





By the way, you might want to consider drinking a daily whey based protein shake for all your protein/amino acid needs. You can %26quot;create%26quot; a less expensive version of SAM-e by combining l-methionine with tmg (trimethylglycine). I wouldn%26#039;t worry about adding the b-complex, again, unless you feel like something%26#039;s missing.





Hope this helps!



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