Are food supplements/vitamins any good?

[steppewar]

I have wondered about this for a long time. Does any forum member take supplements/vitamins/minerals.

Although I eat at least 5 portions of fruit and vegetables a day, I still take 12 tablets/capsules a day. I reckon I spend over £200 a year on them.

My food supplements ...
My daily food supplements intake - YouTube

[disorder2k8]

you'd probably be better off just eating healthily, more fruit and stuff

[the_count]

I'm certainely no expert but that looks a bit over the top too me if your eating your "5 a day" general vitamins are pretty much taken care of
The Green tea is good, fish oil too, but unless your training in the gym or other activities i would think your going overboard.
Someone more knowledgable will probably put me right though.

[jammasterj13]

I doooo.

Natures Best multivitamins for the over 50s, bit expensive but worth it. Omega 3/6

Take B complex from same manufacturer every other day, and Probiotic tablets for a good shit in the morning.

Can't remember the last time I had a cold, not had any sort of flu for eons. Feel fit as a fiddle. I'm 35 yrs old, people think I'm in my early 20s.

I think on there own they probably will not benefit you as much as if you exercise regularly, drank lots of water, ate good decent food.

Vitamin therapy does work, there's plenty of studies to prove it does. But the vitamins must be of good quality, not that Centrum shite or the crap you get in Hollands & Barrett.

Good quality vitamins are like kryptonite to the pharmaceutical bastards who wanna poison us all.

[cafetimes1991]

Dayum. I'm still taking Pharmaton and Quest multi-vitamins. I've got to get my act together.

[pegcityevolve]

Yes, for a year now. Usually 1g omega 3 x2(200 EPA 300 DHA), Total one multivitamin x2(want to get Majestic Earth Minerals), ginkgo biloba 60mg x3, 80mg Q0 10 (every second day), and 1g vitamin c x3.

[sade]

Why yes, yes I do. Right now Im taking 5000mg of C-vitamin because Im battling some mild flu, but normally I take 2000-3000mg per day.
I also take multi-vitamin, 250mg of Magnesium and 5000IU of D3-vitamin once a week. Oh. Omega 3 too. 8)

[ownedtbh]

synthetic vitamins are useless and do more harm than good.

here is a good video explaining it

Truth About Vitamins & Minerals Supplements Austin Nutrition - YouTube

[olas]

you'd probably be better off just eating healthily, more fruit and stuff

How someone can be better then the optimum?

[olas]

I doooo.

Natures Best multivitamins for the over 50s, bit expensive but worth it. Omega 3/6

Take B complex from same manufacturer every other day, and Probiotic tablets for a good shit in the morning.

Can't remember the last time I had a cold, not had any sort of flu for eons. Feel fit as a fiddle. I'm 35 yrs old, people think I'm in my early 20s.

I think on there own they probably will not benefit you as much as if you exercise regularly, drank lots of water, ate good decent food.

Vitamin therapy does work, there's plenty of studies to prove it does. But the vitamins must be of good quality, not that Centrum shite or the crap you get in Hollands & Barrett.

Good quality vitamins are like kryptonite to the pharmaceutical bastards who wanna poison us all.


Good point.

[olas]

synthetic vitamins are useless and do more harm than good.

here is a good video explaining it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWpB2JvriJc&feature=channel_page

But can you explain why with your own words?

[unusual_suspect]

Idk, I can't help being cynical about a lot of supplements. You see articles about health and how a supplement can cure a certain ailment, then lo and behold there is a link to a site selling the supplement. There a loads of supplements that seem to promise to be miracle cures, this sort of thing immediately seems to be very suspicious.

Would it not make sense that everything your body needs can be obtained by eating natural food and drinking pleny of water?

[measle_weasel]

I take some things, but no multi-vitamin.

I take Chlorella, Spirulina, Turmeric, and EPA/DHA.

[pegcityevolve]

They seem to have done things for me, my multivitamin is from Swiss Natural Sources, Total One.

[rowantk]

It would be best to aim for the foods which contain the qualities these pills give you. Ive taken some in my time but never seem to feel any different.
I think staying away from synthetic capsules is a MUST. Get as natural as possible. Also if you can get any in liquid form go for that. Ive read that you only actuall absorb 10-15% of anythin in the pills. I could be wrong with that stat. Would be worth investigating. But liquid forms are alot easier to absorb :)

[vreeswijk]

i've recently switched to a diet significant in raw fruits/vegetables, and i also supplement not with pills but with blue green algae. the brand i use is e3live, probably alot of money to ship to the uk because it's frozen live. i notice the difference though, especially in the morning when i can jump right out of bed when my alarm goes off at 4:00 a.m.

[hawk]

I take Vitamin world Mega Vitamin for woman,its timed released,
the dosage is 2 caplets but i only take 1 a day because they are so strong. If I don't take them, I can immediately tell a difference and I feel better when I do take a vitamin. I have enough energy all day long and into the night.
GNC sells great vitamins,too.
:)

[vetis]

Vitamin C doesn't help with colds, just thought I would mention it as someone posted it above.

On topic, I've never taken any supplements or vitamins. Feel healthy, good heavy weights sessions twice a week.

[sade]

Vetis: Yes it does. Ever heard of Paulig?
Cures Cancer too, but nobody wants you to know. Shh!

[mark1963]

You will find this item or any propyl in supplements, soaps and shampoos. It is found with cancers (all cancers and 100% of the time) in the human body. I'm not saying it causes cancer, but is found 100% of the time with the cancer. I threw out all of my products that had this in some months ago and noticed a big improvement in energy and outlook on life.

[drhemp]

I take these vitamins called Juice Plus which are made entirely from vegetable or fruit extracts, which are much better then the Holland & Barret vitamins, which I agree are pretty useless.

I wonder if Codex will try to ban vitamins that aren't synthesised? As the aims of Codex are to make all food supplements useless, they probably will not want ones from actual plant extracts which are good for you.

[decode reality]

I have wondered about this for a long time. Does any forum member take supplements/vitamins/minerals.

Although I eat at least 5 portions of fruit and vegetables a day, I still take 12 tablets/capsules a day. I reckon I spend over £200 a year on them.

My food supplements ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiS6xmWobHI

I take a multivitamin/mineral tablet that contains a lot of B12 and Vit C. I read many years ago that because the soil is so depleted in many parts of the planet, just "eating your greens" isn't enough.

[particlezen]

1x multi-vitamin
1000mg omega3/fish oil
40mg resveratrol
25mg DHEA
300mg alpha lipoic acid
400mg panax ginseng

[margaretr]

I took Healthspan supplements for many years, because they were 'tax free' from Guernsey.
I learnt a year ago, that not all brands are worth buying, when I got chronic fatigue syndrome caused by vitamin and mineral deficiency.
I eat healthy, home cooked, and organic (whenever available), and avoid junk food.
I even bake my own bread cakes biscuits, and make kefir yogurt.

It is a undeniable fact that, due to mineral depletion of soil worldwide, and intensive farming, even good food lacks the needed levels of nutrients.
In my case, this deficiency is exaggerated by my inability to fully absorb nutrients, because of damage caused by pharmacuticals.
Some supplements are uneccessary when you have the know how - eg. I make my own probiotics using Kefir grains, and when I feel the need for green tea, I use a tea bag.

So to cure my deficiencies I have needed to read the small print on all supplements, and learn how each suppliers production methods vary.
Some producers are far better than others. I don't propose to advertise any of the ones I take now, but say that none of them are Healthspan.:rolleyes:

.....and by the way ...... I am getting steadily more well......avoiding all pharmacuticals

please consider signing my petition
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Vitamins/

[whiterain]

beware the supplements with things like aspartame in them. it seems there is a price to pay for trying to be healthy

[whiterain]

Vetis: Yes it does. Ever heard of Paulig?
Cures Cancer too, but nobody wants you to know. Shh!

pauli g isnt he in the mafia?

[margaretr]

As a 'PS' to my post above,
I recommend watching the Concious Media Network video interview of Raymond Francis
http://www.consciousmedianetwork.com/members/rfrancis.htm

I don't buy his brand of supplements, but that doesn't mean he is not talking anything but 'good sense'.

Nutrition is a VERY complex mechanism, and the more you know about it, the better you can help your body to stay well/get well.

[sade]

pauli g isnt he in the mafia?

Njet.

[lostwonderer]

Yeah, i take a few. Mainly iron, zinc, sea kelp and msm powder. I get them from Holland and Barretts, and think they work well enough.

[olas]

You will find this item or any propyl in supplements, soaps and shampoos. It is found with cancers (all cancers and 100% of the time) in the human body. I'm not saying it causes cancer, but is found 100% of the time with the cancer. I threw out all of my products that had this in some months ago and noticed a big improvement in energy and outlook on life.

...look out for further information.

[olas]

Njet.

...good man.

[olas]

beware the supplements with things like aspartame in them. it seems there is a price to pay for trying to be healthy
...and you will find in a lot of foods. Coke, etc...

[pegcityevolve]

As a 'PS' to my post above,
I recommend watching the Concious Media Network video interview of Raymond Francis
http://www.consciousmedianetwork.com/members/rfrancis.htm

I don't buy his brand of supplements, but that doesn't mean he is not talking anything but 'good sense'.

Nutrition is a VERY complex mechanism, and the more you know about it, the better you can help your body to stay well/get well.Thanks.

Also everybody should check out this video from Dr. Joel Wallach:

http://valisproject.ning.com/video/lets-talk-minerals-dr-joel

[kodeine]

I'm sure the government will be very happy with you all for taking your vitamins and keeping to a 'healthy' diet. That's just what they want you to do, isn't it?

The government are always telling us not too eat too much salt, fatty foods ...eat more of this, less of that etc etc.

Have you ever asked yourselves why they would want us to live longer when it is well known that in the not too distant future the state won't be able to pay old people a pension?

Why would they want an increased aged population when we're already overcrowded and resources and services are stretched to the limit?

If you were the government in a society where your old folk couldn't afford anything and where there was a lack of housing and space and a health service that couldn't cope, then what would be your chances of re-election? None! And let's face it, keeping in power is all that politicians crave, isn't it?

The health advice that we are given today is actually to harm us. To make us die sooner. And it's working! More and more people seem to be having heart attacks, strokes, mental illnesses etc than ever before.

Now think about all the people in Britain that are of pensionable age - all those who were in their prime in the late 50's and 60's. There's more pensioners alive now than ever before. Did they live on all these low salt, preservative free health diets? No! They cooked their food in lard, had plenty of preservatives and additives and went to work on a huge greasy fry-up each morning and smoked 40 untipped Woodbines per day!

Don't listen to what government appointed 'health experts' tell you. It's a conspiracy!

Eat more salt, make sure your food's protected with plenty of preservatives and additives and eat a good greasy fry-up each morning ...but only if you really do want to live long enough to be denied a pension. Otherwise, follow government guidelines and you'll have snuffed it long before then ;)

[drhemp]

What you say about salt is true but you need to have proper sea salt, not standard table salt that has had most of the essential minerals found in sea salt removed.

I believe the Government tell us not to have salt because they know it's good for you.

[unusual_suspect]

I'm sure the government will be very happy with you all for taking your vitamins and keeping to a 'healthy' diet. That's just what they want you to do, isn't it?

The government are always telling us not too eat too much salt, fatty foods ...eat more of this, less of that etc etc.

Have you ever asked yourselves why they would want us to live longer when it is well known that in the not too distant future the state won't be able to pay old people a pension?

Why would they want an increased aged population when we're already overcrowded and resources and services are stretched to the limit?

If you were the government in a society where your old folk couldn't afford anything and where there was a lack of housing and space and a health service that couldn't cope, then what would be your chances of re-election? None! And let's face it, keeping in power is all that politicians crave, isn't it?

The health advice that we are given today is actually to harm us. To make us die sooner. And it's working! More and more people seem to be having heart attacks, strokes, mental illnesses etc than ever before.

Now think about all the people in Britain that are of pensionable age - all those who were in their prime in the late 50's and 60's. There's more pensioners alive now than ever before. Did they live on all these low salt, preservative free health diets? No! They cooked their food in lard, had plenty of preservatives and additives and went to work on a huge greasy fry-up each morning and smoked 40 untipped Woodbines per day!

Don't listen to what government appointed 'health experts' tell you. It's a conspiracy!

Eat more salt, make sure your food's protected with plenty of preservatives and additives and eat a good greasy fry-up each morning ...but only if you really do want to live long enough to be denied a pension. Otherwise, follow government guidelines and you'll have snuffed it long before then ;)

Just had to check, are you being serious? Preaservatives and eating crap will not help us live longer. I think the fact that people are getting ill is down to teh fact that most people don't take the advice on healthy eating and we live in a very stressful and unnatural environment.

[hawk]

They do sell iodized sea salt over here in the states but I haven't found any yet. My sister uses it for her food though.But she doesn't like too much salt in anything. And she can't cook,either becuz she's too lazy! She says she has better things to do! :p

[pegcityevolve]

Vitamins and minerals are basically hired construction workers and engineers for our body. They move the proteins, stack the fats, direct carbohydrates around etc. in an efficient matter.

Most multivitamins I've come across that you buy at grocery stores, drug stores, walmart, and even nutrient stores, all seem to have a limited quantity of the nutrients we need daily (or perceive we need). The highest amount of vitamins/minerals I could find was 30 (with 8 other nutrients), while the real deal is supposed to be around 90!! Which includes gold, silver, boron etc.

I always look back to this quote, "Be the change you wish to see in the world", and I believe nutrients, minerals....the very fabric of the 1st dimension, would be the place to start in yourself. Then information would be the key.

[cball306]

http://www.superfooddirect.com/proddetail.asp?prod=1&from=7

uk website and product. £25 for a 50 days supply. You will notice the results of taking this within a few days, i did. Once 10g serving of this a day will give you more nutrition then all the supplements you are taking, plus its all natural so it works with your body.

honestly, try it and you wont be disappointed.

[queenmaeve]

I have wondered about this for a long time. Does any forum member take supplements/vitamins/minerals.

Although I eat at least 5 portions of fruit and vegetables a day, I still take 12 tablets/capsules a day. I reckon I spend over £200 a year on them.

My food supplements ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiS6xmWobHI

I used to take a lot of vitamins/minerals, herbs, etc in capsule and tabet form. Now I only take 2 supplements: liquid vitamins and minerals (all natural) and a liquid green supplement. I LOVE the green supplement! I swear to god it gives me energy beyond belief! It has a variety of grasses (wheatgrass, barley grass etc.) and other phytonutrients.

I highly recommend the liquid greens...if nothing else. It costs $39.99 a bottle and it lasts for about 2 months. Not a bad investment!

The only downfall is it makes your poo green!

[newswatcher26]

good thread