Vitamins

[Monkeybrains]

At the moment I am taking one of these basic multivitamin tablets that has 100% RDA of each vitamin.
Would it be better to get one of the ones with higher amounts and extra stuff like minerals.
If so, are there any you recommend?

[Tryska]

attached is a lovely article from the front page of this site that should explain it quite nicely.....:D

http://www.wannabebig.com/article.php?articleid=50

[Monkeybrains]

Cheers.

[body]

make sure you get your minerals.
the more you eat of quality food, then the less uspps you have to take. just take two of one a day tablets.
make sure you get your minerals
though if you as tyska she tell you to avoid your iron tablets.

[Monkeybrains]

How does this sound?

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Liquid Gel
Multi Vits & Mins

Per capsule:
Vitamin A - 750µg
Beta Carotene - 4.5mg
Vitamin D - 1.25µg
Vitamin E - 134mg
Vitamin C - 100mg
Thiamin (B1) - 25mg
Riboflavin (B2) - 25mg
Niacin (as niacinamide) - 25mg
Vitamin B6 - 25mg
Folic Acid - 200µg
Vitamin B12 - 25µg
Biotin - 0.05mg
Pantothenic Acid - 25mg
Calcium - 134mg
Iron - 5mg
Magnesium - 50mg
Zinc - 7.5mg
Iodine - 25µg
Copper - 250µg
Chromium - 12.5µg
Boron - 12.5µg
Manganese - 7.5mg
Molybdenum - 25µg
Selenium - 25µg
Choline - 12.5mg
Inositol - 12.5mg
PABA - 12.5mg

1 capsule per day.

[Tryska]

body's right..stay away from the iron.

[Monkeybrains]

I heard about that, but don't you have to take a pretty large amount for a long long time before it does any damage?
So would that small amount in those capsules I mentioned still be bad?
Can someone suggest a good multivitamin and minerals product?

[Shocker]

Originally posted by Tryska
body's right..stay away from the iron.
I haven't heard this - why do you need to stay away from the iron exactly?

[Monkeybrains]

Heres something about it:
http://www.albionlabs.com/Human/Newsletter/1997December.pdf

It seems its only a problem if you have some other disease already.

[Tryska]

Originally posted by Monkeybrains
I heard about that, but don't you have to take a pretty large amount for a long long time before it does any damage?


your body hoards iron. it was designed to do that because for most of millennia it had to deal with blood sucking parasites so iron toxicity wasn't that much of a problem.

the only way to lower the amount of iron in your blood is by bleeding. what you can do is give blood once a month, as it will help others, and lower the amount of iron you have in your blood.

[Paul Stagg]

Otherwise you turn into a magnet.

[Tryska]

or an electric conductor.

[Monkeybrains]

So your saying if someone doesn't give blood or cut themselves badly once a month they will get ill? :confused:

[Monkeybrains]

Hold on, if the body hoards Iron so much, why do so many people get anemia?

[Tryska]

not a whole lot are "really" anemic. and of those people who are anemic, most of them are women. who experience overly heavy blood loss during their menstrual cycles.

the other anemics would be men with bleeding ulcers, or colon cancer. matter of fact, if a man pops up anemic, he should be checked for colon cancer.

[body]

Originally posted by Monkeybrains
Hold on, if the body hoards Iron so much, why do so many people get anemia?

People who take iron supps, and eat lots of meat especially offal do not suffer aneamia. teenage girls who are vegetarians and dieting do get aneamia.
this last group does not eat enough iron to have a surpluss.
males need less iron than females do, this is the only nutritient off the top of my head which is the case.

[Monkeybrains]

Alright, so can someone recommend a good multivitamin tablet that doesn't contain iron?

[Monkeybrains]

How about this one:
http://www.solgar.com/cgi-bin/online_reference_new/online_ref.pl?function=Product&id=96817711914760

[Orange357]

Originally posted by Tryska
or an electric conductor.

that might explain the post in general health;)