Vitamins anyone?

[Guest guest]

I take daily supplements, do any of you? I just do it out of habit now, more

than out of concern that I am not getting my daily nutrients from food. I figure

it is just as well, and if I miss something they will fill in the blanks.

 

Here is a list of my daily " pills " :

 

B complex (2)

C 1000mg (1)

E 400IU (1)

Cayene ~ cool~ 100,000 heat-unit (1)

Ginko Biloba 60 mg (1)

Calcium 500 with D (2)

Chromium picolinate 200mcg (2 to 3)

Siberian Ginseg Root 410 mg (1)

 

And if I am worried about a cold or bug floating around my kid's school, or

just want to be extra careful to boost my immune system I take a herbal

defense formula called Wellness Formula by Source Naturals.

 

That about covers it. *lol*

[Guest guest]

I take a multivitamin with lots of iron (chronic anemia) and 2 grams of Vitamin

C. I should probably add some E to the mix too... Genie

Feral wrote:I take daily supplements, do any of you? I just do it out of habit

now, more

than out of concern that I am not getting my daily nutrients from food. I figure

it is just as well, and if I miss something they will fill in the blanks.

 

Here is a list of my daily " pills " :

 

B complex (2)

C 1000mg (1)

E 400IU (1)

Cayene ~ cool~ 100,000 heat-unit (1)

Ginko Biloba 60 mg (1)

Calcium 500 with D (2)

Chromium picolinate 200mcg (2 to 3)

Siberian Ginseg Root 410 mg (1)

 

And if I am worried about a cold or bug floating around my kid's school, or

just want to be extra careful to boost my immune system I take a herbal

defense formula called Wellness Formula by Source Naturals.

 

That about covers it. *lol*

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I have been taking a variety of supplements for quite a few years now. Mostly I

have taken different herbal combinations from Nature's Sunshine. This year I

tried some Sunrider products but decided they were too expensive and that you

had to take too many pills per bottle(would go through the bottle too fast).

Right now I am trying out Seasilver which is a liquid supplement that claims to

contain every vitamin, mineral, nutrient needed by the human body and in perfect

balance. I am not sure what I think about it yet. I also just started taking

citrimax and chromium because I would really like to lose five pounds.

Anne

Feral wrote:I take daily supplements, do any of you? I just do it out of habit

now, more

than out of concern that I am not getting my daily nutrients from food. I figure

it is just as well, and if I miss something they will fill in the blanks.

 

Here is a list of my daily " pills " :

 

B complex (2)

C 1000mg (1)

E 400IU (1)

Cayene ~ cool~ 100,000 heat-unit (1)

Ginko Biloba 60 mg (1)

Calcium 500 with D (2)

Chromium picolinate 200mcg (2 to 3)

Siberian Ginseg Root 410 mg (1)

 

And if I am worried about a cold or bug floating around my kid's school, or

just want to be extra careful to boost my immune system I take a herbal

defense formula called Wellness Formula by Source Naturals.

 

That about covers it. *lol*

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I used to take vitamin pills -- but I gave them up for my health.

lol! I was listening to something on the radio that said they pull

out TONS of undigested vitamins out of the sewer system every year

in a town near here. No sense wasting good money that way, eh?

 

Scientists have announced that the body doesn't recognize some

synthesized vitamins (surprise! not). The natural ones from the

HFS are very expensive, and usually about big enough to gag a

horse. I could see the headlines now, " WOMAN CHOKES TO DEATH ON

VITAMIN PILL. " lol!

 

What the body does recognize and process is food (Mother Nature

knows best). So the best way to get our vitamins/minerals is from a

food source. Yes, I realize the soil is raped, etc, but when foods

are concentrated in powdered form, the nutrients are high because

they're condensed. I paid a lot for some (powdered) vitamins from a

naturopath, and next time I'll make my own batch. Here's what's in

the jar:

 

Organic -- Spirulena Blue Green Algae, Chlorella broken-cell algae,

alfalfa, barley and wheat grasses, purple dulse seaweed, beet root,

spinach leaf, rose hips, orange peel, lemon peel and astragalus, all

in a base of non-fermentable saccharomyces cevisisae yeast (whatever

that is). So why can't we just make our own?

 

I get bee pollen from the feed store (for horses) CHEAP -- like $23

for 3 lbs! It's the same stuff you pay a fortune for in the HFS.

Bee Pollen contains at least 22 amino acids, 18 vitamins, 25

minerals, 59 trace elements, 11 enzymes or co-enzymes, 14 fatty

acids, 11 carbohydrates and approximately 25 % protein. WARNING:

If you've never taken bee pollen before you *might* have an allergic

reaction. So... start out by taking a teensy piece of one grain,

hold it on your tongue and see what happens. If you tolerate that

well, then work up the dosage slowly to one tablespoon a day. Here

is the chemical analysis of bee pollen:

http://www.envirobee.com/beepollen3.htm

 

Sometimes I also do some whey powder in soy milk, as it supplies

complete protein, I understand.

 

Incidentally, a craving for nuts, cheese and chocolate can be from a

shortage of phenylalanine, one of the essential amino acids that our

bodies can't manufacture. We have to get it from food.

Phenylalanine is found in most foods that contain protein such as

beef, poultry, pork, fish, milk, yogurt, eggs, cheese, soy products

(including soy protein isolate, soybean flour, and tofu), and

certain nuts and seeds. The artificial sweetener aspartame is also

high in phenylalanine. So for some of us, this can be a

consideration, but you can buy phenylalanine in the HFS -- or rely

on whey powder and soy products if you're vegan.

 

Melinda