OneInAMillion said:
Thanks for the info. I'm usually good about spacing out my vitamins throughuout the day, but I'll start taking them at specific times:
Puritan's Pride Amino 1500 - 2 tablets, 3x a day
Purtian's Pride Time Release MegaVitamins for Hair - 4 throughout the day
MSM - 4 1000mg capsules throught the day
Pantothenic Acid - 2 500mg capsules (morning and night)
Silica - 2 tablets 2x a day
Alfalfa - 4 650mg tablets
LDebagoria - any other advice about times for vitamins, or is the consistency more important?
Hmmm....what else?...I'd say consistency is the most important, but spacing them at least an hour apart is important also. If you overlap things like vitamins and medications, certain ingredients can bond with one another and just pass through the body without any of it being absorbed.
Also, DON'T TAKE VITAMINS OR MEDICINE WITH MILK! Yes, it goes down easier, but the ingredients in milk also can bond to what's in the pill and everything may not be absorbed into the body.
Try to avoid vitamins that are made up into capLETS. They're the hard, larger pills, the synthetic vitamins. Although they work (I'm taking them right now 'cause I can't get the ones I want,) they aren't digested very quickly, so before all of the pill is absorbed, the body is passing it. I'm steering away from GNC's Hair Skin and Nails because of this. Stick to capSULES, the ones that you can pull apart and there's powder or liquid inside. They break down quickly and you get all of your dosage.
Natural vitamins are the best (I'm sure everyone here knows that,) they're more expensive but they're very good for you and they stick to the capsule form.
I've been taking this cheapo multi at night, not only because that's when your body repairs itself, but also because since your metabolism slows down so much during sleep, I figure if I have to take a caplet multi, then is the best chance for it to be broken down and absorbed.
I don't think I'll get the Silica or Biotin. Two vitamins a day is enough for me!!! 
