Anyone here take a multi-vitamin?
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From my own research however I believe the best and only truly viable way to get proper nutrition/vitamins is to eat a variety of healthy foods.
Me too. I've had 4 doctors in my life tell me to skip the snake oil vitamin pills and miracle supplements and just eat a healthy diet.
From my own research however I believe the best and only truly viable way to get proper nutrition/vitamins is to eat a variety of healthy foods.
Me too. I've had 4 doctors in my life tell me to skip the snake oil vitamin pills and miracle supplements and just eat a healthy diet.
I wouldn't call multi-vitamins "snake oil pills" but it's true that the best way to get vitamins is via well balanced nutrition.
Well balanced nutrition is not available at your local grocery. Food today is usually BIG food, meaning a huge corp grows and distributes it.
It will likely be covered in pesticides and bizarre chemistry and may be GMO as well in many cases. Imagining that you could ever be healthy by eating it is hard to believe, but some still do.
That said, everyone is different. What works for you might kill someone else, so no blanket statements when humans are involved.
For some of us, a supplement can yield an improvement in the way we feel and they are unlikely to cause any harm.
It will likely be covered in pesticides and bizarre chemistry and may be GMO as well in many cases. Imagining that you could ever be healthy by eating it is hard to believe, but some still do.
That said, everyone is different. What works for you might kill someone else, so no blanket statements when humans are involved.
For some of us, a supplement can yield an improvement in the way we feel and they are unlikely to cause any harm.
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Centrum silver and mega dose vitamin E.
Men's one a day for 15 years now. Started taking omega 3 for the last 7 years and vitamin d since I work nights and don't see much sun for the last year. Probiotic during the last year.
My wife and I started juicing a week ago and noticed more energy.
My wife and I started juicing a week ago and noticed more energy.
Originally Posted By: AlienBug
Do not take Centrum. It contains iron, which is toxic to men.
Fortified Adulterated foods contain added iron...it's in cereals (I can take a popular ceral in Oz, grind it in mortar and pestle, and extract iron), breads etc. A hangover from WWII, where the people at home, on rationing were malnourished and calory starved, and got "fortified" grain foods and margarine for their efforts.Have a mate who has to have a blood letting every few months or risk his liver (would have made a great tribesman hunter in his evolutionary history)...expect folate and all the other junk additives to come back and bite us later in the experiment...if that's not the plan in the first place.
I do [censored], Cs, as suppliments, and Ds when I can't make them.
Do not take Centrum. It contains iron, which is toxic to men.
I do [censored], Cs, as suppliments, and Ds when I can't make them.
Ever seen the vitamin shoppe, they have anything and everything you could ever want, and much of it is better ingrediants than at the local grocery store. Someone gave me a bottle centrum vitamins one time, they clog up you whole system as in constipation. I take a b complex with vitamin c , dont bother with any other stuff. As far as vitamins , stuff only works if you actually need it.
You have to define "need"...
you don't need much Vitamin C in a most day's situation...
if you get a serious infection, you may need grammes of the stuff in a very short period of time, repeatedly, so much so that the average medico will equate that to RDI and not allow it.
Conversely, you don't need those megadoses on an average rainy day.
One size doesn't fit all for an average population on an average day.
you don't need much Vitamin C in a most day's situation...
if you get a serious infection, you may need grammes of the stuff in a very short period of time, repeatedly, so much so that the average medico will equate that to RDI and not allow it.
Conversely, you don't need those megadoses on an average rainy day.
One size doesn't fit all for an average population on an average day.
I've never bought into the pill popping vitamin/supplement mentality, the vast majority of which is marketing hype.
I don't take a single pill-no high blood pressure, no cholesterol pills, no vitamins, no supplements, there isn't even aspirin in the house. My wife also doesn't have any ailments, no pills, no vitamins and no supplements. We are both in exceptional health and work hard to keep it that way. I'd venture to guess that there aren't many 30-40 somethings that can keep up with us (I'm 69 and my wife is mid-60ish).
My wife and I do practice a lifestyle that revolves around a healthy diet and lots of exercise. Our foods are whole and fresh, we don't consume processed foods, we stay away from refined products (sugars, white flour, etc.), soda pop, artificial products (such as artificial sweeteners) and of course, we don't consume tobacco in any form. I don't purchase any frozen foods (fresh is by far better tasting). We also grow many of our own vegetables during the summer months, and we can/freeze them for use in the winter.
Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8
Well balanced nutrition is not available at your local grocery.
I guess if you're one of the Wal-Mart crowd that may be true; the grocery store that I patronize has an extensive selection of locally grown produce (in season), plenty of whole foods, an outstanding fish market, an on-staff dietitian, and works hard to promote healthy products to those of us who choose to eat healthy.
The biggest problem isn't what the grocery stores carry-it's what people choose to consume; most don't have the self discipline required to commit to their own good health, and take the lazy way out with products made to look like food.
I don't take a single pill-no high blood pressure, no cholesterol pills, no vitamins, no supplements, there isn't even aspirin in the house. My wife also doesn't have any ailments, no pills, no vitamins and no supplements. We are both in exceptional health and work hard to keep it that way. I'd venture to guess that there aren't many 30-40 somethings that can keep up with us (I'm 69 and my wife is mid-60ish).
My wife and I do practice a lifestyle that revolves around a healthy diet and lots of exercise. Our foods are whole and fresh, we don't consume processed foods, we stay away from refined products (sugars, white flour, etc.), soda pop, artificial products (such as artificial sweeteners) and of course, we don't consume tobacco in any form. I don't purchase any frozen foods (fresh is by far better tasting). We also grow many of our own vegetables during the summer months, and we can/freeze them for use in the winter.
Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8
Well balanced nutrition is not available at your local grocery.
I guess if you're one of the Wal-Mart crowd that may be true; the grocery store that I patronize has an extensive selection of locally grown produce (in season), plenty of whole foods, an outstanding fish market, an on-staff dietitian, and works hard to promote healthy products to those of us who choose to eat healthy.
The biggest problem isn't what the grocery stores carry-it's what people choose to consume; most don't have the self discipline required to commit to their own good health, and take the lazy way out with products made to look like food.
I take Vitamin D with D3, mostly just in the winter, and that's it. I try to eat healthy most of the time (periodic endulge) and I get my nutrition that way.
Thanks for the replies and info. We do eat a good balanced diet, Mrs. Jimmy does Weight Watchers, she looks great and she works hard to stay that way so we eat no junk food and we try to eat right every day. My wife takes a multi-vitamin for women. It is too soon to tell whether the vitamins or Ginko will do me any good but I doubt it will hurt anything. I will keep up with it for a while and see how it goes. They say it takes one to two months to see any mental/memory improvements from Ginko. I do feel like my circulation might be a bit better already though. I sit in an office 8 hours a day and I used to get a sensation in my calves and feet as if they were asleep. Maybe it's placebo but since I started the Ginko I have not had that problem. I also feel a bit more energetic, maybe that is the B content in the vitamins, maybe it is placebo but I believe the supplements are worth trying out.
Pill Poppers!!!!
My family eats a healthy diet, though we're not what I'd call religious about it. I'm in excellent health, but I do take a multivitamin for no particular reason other than they're very inexpensive and I figure it can't hurt. Also take a couple thousand IUs of vitamin D on the recommendation of my doctor, blood work last year showed me on the low end of the vitamin D range. I'm a pasty white boy and I wear sunscreen every day
I also take glucosamine & chondroitin, as I'm finding I'm prone to minor joint injuries playing sports, and again they're inexpensive and can't hurt. I'll throw down a fish oil/Omega-3 pill every now and then too.
It's entirely possible I'm spending the $30/year on these things for no discernable benefit. Wouldn't be the first or last time
My family eats a healthy diet, though we're not what I'd call religious about it. I'm in excellent health, but I do take a multivitamin for no particular reason other than they're very inexpensive and I figure it can't hurt. Also take a couple thousand IUs of vitamin D on the recommendation of my doctor, blood work last year showed me on the low end of the vitamin D range. I'm a pasty white boy and I wear sunscreen every day
It's entirely possible I'm spending the $30/year on these things for no discernable benefit. Wouldn't be the first or last time
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Originally Posted By: AlienBug
Do not take Centrum. It contains iron, which is toxic to men.
Fortified Adulterated foods contain added iron...it's in cereals (I can take a popular ceral in Oz, grind it in mortar and pestle, and extract iron), breads etc. A hangover from WWII, where the people at home, on rationing were malnourished and calory starved, and got "fortified" grain foods and margarine for their efforts.Have a mate who has to have a blood letting every few months or risk his liver (would have made a great tribesman hunter in his evolutionary history)...expect folate and all the other junk additives to come back and bite us later in the experiment...if that's not the plan in the first place.
I do [censored], Cs, as suppliments, and Ds when I can't make them.
Which is why I don't eat cereals, breads, pastas or any other grains.
I also go for a bi-monthly blood letting. My local Red Cross is happy to relieve me of a pint every 56 days.
Originally Posted By: AlienBug
Do not take Centrum. It contains iron, which is toxic to men.
I do [censored], Cs, as suppliments, and Ds when I can't make them.
Which is why I don't eat cereals, breads, pastas or any other grains.
I also go for a bi-monthly blood letting. My local Red Cross is happy to relieve me of a pint every 56 days.
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I've been taking Lessman Complete 100s for a couple years with great results.
Besides work, I exercise every day (crossfit, yoga, tai-chi, cycling etc), take care of elderly parents, my kids, house chores and never get sick.
Also watch what I eat and try to get 6-7 hrs sleep a night.
Besides work, I exercise every day (crossfit, yoga, tai-chi, cycling etc), take care of elderly parents, my kids, house chores and never get sick.
Also watch what I eat and try to get 6-7 hrs sleep a night.
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Let's see:
1200mg/day Fish Oil -- Dr Orders
5000iu/day Vitamin D -- Dr Orders
Both of the above are based on blood work. Since oilBabe can't have ANY fish, the next best thing to eating it for me is to take it as a supplement.
Take the Store Brand of the Men's Centrum multi vitamin.
I've recently added a Green Tea Extract pill once per day and if I expect to have a rough day watching what I eat, I'll drop a tablespoon of Psyllium Husk Fiber therapy powder in a 32oz tumbler of water to give me a full feeling so I'm not so hungry.
Been stuck at 230# (down from over 270, but up from the 225 I hit a year ago) for a while, so I'm looking for some changes to drop that last 20-30#.
Yeah yeah, I can hear others saying you can get all you need in food. Maybe.
I've gone from Benecar HCT 40mg/25mg to Benecar 5mg x2 (10mg/day)
So I've dropped the dose of Benecar by 75% and completely removed the diuretic portion of the drug. Measured my BP yesterday and it was a right as rain 110/62. So I'm on the right track.
I realize I have an aggressive goal as the last time I was down to 200# or lower was in 1994 after chemotherapy.
I'm also coming back from a shoulder injury, so bootcamp 3x/week hasn't been possible the last 6 months.
However, the Saturday AM 30+ mile bike rides kick off with the inaugural 2013 ride this Saturday.
Wow, this is probably way too much detail
1200mg/day Fish Oil -- Dr Orders
5000iu/day Vitamin D -- Dr Orders
Both of the above are based on blood work. Since oilBabe can't have ANY fish, the next best thing to eating it for me is to take it as a supplement.
Take the Store Brand of the Men's Centrum multi vitamin.
I've recently added a Green Tea Extract pill once per day and if I expect to have a rough day watching what I eat, I'll drop a tablespoon of Psyllium Husk Fiber therapy powder in a 32oz tumbler of water to give me a full feeling so I'm not so hungry.
Been stuck at 230# (down from over 270, but up from the 225 I hit a year ago) for a while, so I'm looking for some changes to drop that last 20-30#.
Yeah yeah, I can hear others saying you can get all you need in food. Maybe.
I've gone from Benecar HCT 40mg/25mg to Benecar 5mg x2 (10mg/day)
So I've dropped the dose of Benecar by 75% and completely removed the diuretic portion of the drug. Measured my BP yesterday and it was a right as rain 110/62. So I'm on the right track.
I realize I have an aggressive goal as the last time I was down to 200# or lower was in 1994 after chemotherapy.
I'm also coming back from a shoulder injury, so bootcamp 3x/week hasn't been possible the last 6 months.
However, the Saturday AM 30+ mile bike rides kick off with the inaugural 2013 ride this Saturday.
Wow, this is probably way too much detail
I take 21 Century men's multi with is supposed to be a copy of GNC men's but is cheap. I take it just as a supplement.
I also take magnesium. Krill oil when I think about it.
I also take magnesium. Krill oil when I think about it.
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