Things to know about vitamins. Water soluble vs. fat soluble:
Water soluble vitamins such as vitamin C have the excess excreted out through urine so it's very hard to overdose on.
Fat soluble vitamins such as vitamin B6 (most B vitamins actually) stay in your system and you can overdose on them. B6 toxicity can cause neurological and sensory problems. Vitamin B6 is also dependent on vitamin b2 to break it down to absorb into your system properly. Keep this in mind if you buy a B complex vitamin supplement or one particular B vitamin. Grains in first world countries are enriched with B vitamins so for most, supplementing with B vitamins has no advantages. One exception is if you have celiac disease, are allergic to the grains enriched with B vitamins because they have gluten, and don't absorb the vitamins well which often causes disparities in some and not others (vitamin B2 deficiency and high vitamin B6). High vitamin B12 has been linked to cancer. Some vitamin types are not absorbed as easily as others. Benfotiamine absorbs better than regular vitamin B1.
Chelated minerals absorb better than regular ones.
Some other supplements good for health:
Vitacost Ginseng extract complex- each pill has a mix of different types of ginseng totaling 450 mg. Great for energy and stress. This is the highest concentration pill I've found.
Reduced glutathione- a master antioxidant. Helps against the hydrogen peroxidase antibodies of Hashimotos by converting the hydrogen peroxide to inert water. Helps prevent your body from wearing out as fast. Recycles other antioxidants like vitamin C.
COQ10- Increases energy while helping the heart.
Indole 3 Carbonol and Calcium D Glucarate- The first is made from about 2 pounds of broccoli and breaks down into DIM (helps with hormone imbalances) in the stomach, the second is extracted from about 70 lbs. of fruit. Together they basically do what the liver is supposed to be doing, clearing out toxins from your system.
Curcumin- basically turmeric about 50 times stronger in concentration. Lowers blood sugar and relieves inflammation. It's an effective replacement for Metformin for diabetics.