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kimis
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I want to start taking vitamins, but there are soooooo many different types and brands. What do you think are the best celiac friendy kinds? I took centrum pre-gluten free diet, but I stopped cause my stomach would hurt bad after taking them. I don't know if that was due to all the damage gluten was doing, or if I just have a weak belly. Anyway....what do you like?

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Nature Made are labeled Gluten Free on the bottle and aren't that expensive. They were just on sale at Stop & Shop for buy one get one free and at CVS for buy one get one half off so they probably go on sale often.

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Nature Made actually makes me sick, but Kirkman works great, especially for anyone with additional allergies, vegans, etc. They are also so much cheaper than other organic vitamins, and many regular vitamins. They even sell trial sizes. I order mine online, so I don't know where they're sold in stores.

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I take a few different brands. It depends on what type of vitamins you are looking for. A few brands I use are Source Naturals, Vitamin Research Products, Bluebonnet, Freeda, Solgar. You still have to check the bottles to see if they are gluten-free, but I've been happy will these brands.

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