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CPW: Do you use "expired" vitamins or supplements?

EagleWifeEagleWife member
edited October 2014 in July 2013 Moms
Would you use vitamins after the date stamped on the label? It usually says something like "maximum potency guaranteed before x date."

CPW: Do you use "expired" vitamins or supplements? 65 votes

Hells no!!! I buy new ones every month!
10% 7 votes
Sure, how much less potency can a few months make? I use them until they are gone.
43% 28 votes
I toss them if the date is more than a year ago.
32% 21 votes
I don't take any vitamins or supplements. EVER!!
4% 3 votes
i only use oils. Especially for Ebola.
1% 1 vote
SS. I'm sure there are a few things I haven't thought of.
4% 3 votes
I'm a dirty lurker and I just like to click polls.
3% 2 votes
I'm a dude.
0% 0 votes
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Re: CPW: Do you use "expired" vitamins or supplements?

  • hollandmamahollandmama member
    I don't take vitamins because I always forget... every couple of weeks I remember and then the next day I forget again...
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  • hollandmamahollandmama member
    wait what?? 


    I found it while googling expired folic acid :( I think it's false but on the other hand who would joke about it? :'(
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  • andrea0418andrea0418 member
    I will finish them off if there aren't many left and it's only been a month or 2 past expiration.
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] member
    Yeah, I'll continue to take them until they are gone. I mean, I wouldn't pop open a bottle that's been expired for a few years and chow down on them but I don't think a couple months is going to make that big of a difference? 
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  • Bmore721Bmore721 member
    @hollandmama‌ I am sorry for that woman's loss, but remember correlation =/= causation.
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  • hollandmamahollandmama member
    Bmore721 said:
    @hollandmama‌ I am sorry for that woman's loss, but remember correlation =/= causation.
    @Bmore721 I know... but how sad she thinks it was that, I'd guess any doctor would contradict that.
    Daisypath Anniversary tickers     Lilypie Second Birthday tickers
    Surprise BFP on 11/02/12 EDD 07/06/13 --> Express wedding on 12/29/2012 --> G was born on 07/15/13
    *Multicultural family raising a multilingual toddler: Spanish, Italian, Dutch and English


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  • EagleWifeEagleWife member
    Byjove03 said:
    For a shelf stable tablet, I would still take it if its within a year if there weren't many left and I wanted to finish them off. If it was something that had to be refrigerated, I would probably go a month. If it was a soft gel, I would probably give it a couple of months past and then toss.
    Thanks @Byjove03 - yeah, I have a bottle of shelf stable tablets. No idea why I bought a 400 count bottle. I don't even remember when and where I bought it.  :-??

    Thanks for all the comments and votes, everyone. I'm not even going to read that link, @hollandmama... It sounds like it's not a happy tale. :(
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