Most Important Men's Vitamin

What is THE most important vitamin for a man to take if he was only going to take one?  I have been looking for a men's vitamin that includes everything a man needs but not being male, I don't know what that is and my husband doesn't really care all that much.  I have been telling him for the last few years that he has to start taking Lycopene for his prostate but he has no clue what Lycopene is (he probably doesn't know what a prostate is either).  I set his vitamins out for him and he's good for the first day or two of taking them and then he stops.  Maybe if they tasted fruity and were chewable like the kids' vitamins, he'd remember to take them. 

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I want to invent a vitamin patch!

Can you take prenatal multivitamins as a regular daily vitamin if you're not pregnant? I am so depleted on vitamins and minerals, I'm thinking I need a boost.  As it is now, I double up once in awhile on my regular daily vitamin but I'm too afraid to do that more often because I don't want to OD on any one of the many vitamins in a multi-vitamin. 

I'm bad about remembering to take them regardless.  They need to make a patch for vitamins that you can wear and just absorb what you need for up to a week.  That'd be great!  There are patches for smoking and patches for birth control.  Why not a patch for vitamins?

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Won't Need Prenatal Vitamins - Whew!

Being female sure is a ride!  I'm a week late this month (well, late compared to my cycles for most of the past year) but I am not in need of prenatal vitamins because I'm not pregnant. I was beginning to get worried even though it should be virtually impossible for me to get pregnant right now.  I even took a test to make sure! 

The thyroid affects many things, including menstruation.  I used to be 40-45 days apart for years, then I went down to 30 days for most of this past year except when I was down to every two weeks for a couple months (which was a bummer), and now...still waiting!  With the change in thyroid medication and dosage last month, I should've expected it but it still had me a little bit worried.

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