| Q- What about vitamin and minerals. Do we get | | | | that have taken many multiples of that like 25,000 |
| enough from our food or do we actually need to | | | | international units of that and there are health |
| supplement? | | | | consequences for doing that. |
| A- It depends on where you are coming from and | | | | It comes down to someone not having a balanced |
| what culture. Again if you get variety in your diet there | | | | background and information to fall back on and they |
| is probably no need for vitamin and mineral supplement. | | | | just do it because they are naïve. You know it |
| Most people get enough variety in their diet so they | | | | may start out as a doubling of the recommended daily |
| don't need a supplement but there are exceptions to | | | | allowance and they think, "well I'm not seeing any |
| that rule. If you are pregnant or lactating or if there is | | | | results so I will triple it." Some of the vitamin companies |
| some other need for vitamins and minerals then it is | | | | that manufacture these are no help because they will |
| probably a good idea. You kind of need to go off your | | | | introduce products in the marketplace and where one |
| doctors recommendations. | | | | capsule will deliver a mega dose of the product it can |
| Q- Would age be a factor? | | | | be confusing to people. You know if one is safe to |
| A- Yes, there are quite a few areas where you may | | | | take then why are they marketing those products in |
| need a supplement. You know supplements can be | | | | that amount in the first place? |
| expensive. Some may be dangerous. It depends on | | | | It just gets to be like a power struggle even with the |
| the kind of vitamins and minerals you are talking about. | | | | manufacturers of those products. People will think that |
| You know they break down into water soluble and | | | | if a little bit in a tablet is good then more will be better |
| fat-soluble and there are the vitamins they call oil | | | | and we go back to that philosophy well how much can |
| soluble. There are four of them, vitamins A, D, E, and K. | | | | we get for our dollar then we start to think in terms of |
| Typically there is more concern with the oil soluble | | | | mega dose amounts. |
| vitamins because they are not excreted from your | | | | I don't understand that whole thought process. There |
| body, unlike the water soluble vitamins like B and C, the | | | | are very well documented cases of overdoses and |
| excess will get flushed but with the oil soluble vitamins | | | | the consequences of taking too much of one vitamin |
| the excess is retained in your body. | | | | and minerals in the medical journals. It isn't a mystery it |
| That can get to be a problem if you are for some | | | | is out there and you just have to be careful. Most |
| strange reason taking excessive amounts of let's say | | | | supplements if you will look on the labels will tell you |
| vitamin D for example. I think the recommendation is | | | | how much to take. |
| 400 international units. Well there have been people | | | | |