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Q & A On Vitamins And Minerals

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



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