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Vitamin Supplements - Good or Bad?
Posted by urikalish • 9/01/07 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Vitamin Supplements - Good or Bad?
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It depends on what for who why, doesn't it?-
For some reason in the western world many people take vitamins even when there is no real need. It is a common belief that it’s good for you. Usually, if you eat normally, there is no reason to take any supplements. An “overdose” of vitamins is dangerous as well.
Some recent study regarding people with high risk for lung cancer claims that people taking vitamin E supplement (known for being a strong antioxidant) have a GREATER chance of developing cancer!
I say, until further study is conducted – eat fruit and vegetables (especially these: www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/guide/prevention/nutrition/antioxid...), mildly drink red wine and stop taking these vitamins.
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Well if you are pregnant, you should definitely take Prenatal Vitamins.. and I like to take vitamin C if I am starting to feel sick but if you eat healthy and well... I don't see a reason to..-
Vitamin C helping the common cold is a myth.
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Actually if you take it on the onset of getting a cold it can be helpful and it's also helpful when you have a bladder or UTI infection.
I don't think it helps much when you actually get it (the flu or the cold)
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I don't always eat well. In fact, I eat too few calories most of the time which is why my metabolism is so slow. I take a B-complex vitamin per the recommendation of my family doctor. I've had problems with anemia in the past and had to take iron as well but that hasn't been a problem for several years. -
A perfectly-balanced diet composed entirely of organically-grown, free-range food, prepared with careful attention to retention of nutrients, should provide everything we need.
I don't have access to that sort of diet, so I take supplements. Some have been recommended by officially-certified, sure-fire, real doctors. Others have been added to the list after research by my wife, and a trial period of weeks to months to see if there are the desired effects.
Then there are the people who snarfed down vitamin C by the handful, leading experts to declare vitamin C unsafe. An exaggeration? You bet! -
Technically, it is the fat-soluble vitamins (A,D,E, and K) that are most likely to be harmful if you take too much, because they are stored in the body. Water soluble vitamins such as C and the B complex are readily eliminated -- most people will pee out any excess (within reason) unless they have kidney damage or certain other kinds of health problems.
I take several supplements on the advice of my health care providers: Calcium with vitamin D (for osteoporosis -- I have the early stages, so trying to prevent it getting worse); and glucosamine sulfate for osteoarthritis. (Because I'm old!)-
You're being realistic: if you were an "expert," that would be a big mistake. What you say is, as far as I know, accurate. However, it is possible to take too much vitamin C.
It's also possible to drink too much water. It's called 'water intoxication' - and no sensible person needs to worry about it. There's a pretty good article about it at ( kidneydiseases.about.com/od/kidneydiseases/a/h2ointoxication.htm ).
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I’m sure there are some exceptions, but I think the best reason people should consider these vitamins is to prevent the accumulating damage to their DNA; this results in aging, cancer etc. The main method is to consume antioxidants that should, in theory, eliminate the ultra-dangerous free radicals. What I’m pointing out is that recent studies suggest that taking antioxidant pills (not within food), can result in the opposite effect by ENHANCING the amount of free radicals attacking your DNA.
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B12 does wonders for me
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We also have to face facts: the food we it is not that same as it was fifty years ago or more. Fruits and vegetables are sprayed with pesticides and other chemicals, and the meat we eat is full of injected hormones.
That being said, I do try to eat healthy...most of the time. -
I do take a multivitamin packet that I dissolve in water. In the U.S. though, many have vitamins down to something of an obsession. It is pretty easy to find vitamin stores in areas with expensive retail rents. Vitamin stores??? Since when do we need those? Do people in other countries have stores devoted exclusively to vitamins and dietary supplements? Answers anyone?
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Bad, apparently, at least if it is Vitamin C with the typical high fat diet!
willtaft.com/health/vitamin-c-fat-cancer-risk-a-case-for-a-low-fat-diet/ -
It depends if you already taking drugs, your diet and many more factors but in general a good diet should give you all the vitamins you need. If you do take vitamins , don’t mix it with everything ….. -
if you have a healthy diet you receive more than enough nutrients I do not think taking vitamins to make up for poor diet habits is a good idea I dont think people realise how certain natural cures actually mess with medications they are taking and can be harmful in certain situations-
No everyone absorb the nutrients and need suppliments, like I have to take prescribed Iron Sulfate.
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I have to take them , so they are good, but at the correct doses for your age and sex. :-)
Example: men don't need as much iron as women
I guess vitamins and minerals go together huh? -
I don't think supplements are necessarily harmful. But neither do I think they're as useful as people seem to think.
I'm not taking any supplements at the moment, despite currently being on medication that can lower my immunity and make me more susceptible to flu and colds - yet I'm doing perfectly fine without supplements.
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