Vitamins And Nutritional Supplements Common Questions

Question: Do you believe that vegetarians/vegans or omnivores tend to take more vitamins and nutritional supplements? I am primarily talking about those living in first-world and developed countries (those with access to vitamins and nutritional supplements), it's kind of useless to point to an omnivorous African tribesman or a vegan Indian peasant. If you wouldn't mind, could you please state your diet and what sorts of vitamins and nutritional supplements you take? For comparison's sake, in retrospect. I should probably do the same for me: Omnivore my whole life, never taken any vitamins or nutritional supplements since I was a toddler. Anyone remember the Flintstones Vitamins?

Answer: Considering that some nutritional supplements (cod liver oil, glucosamine etc) aren't vegan, I think it can be safely said that many omnivores take supplements. Vegans tend to be more aware of their health, and in that respect may be more likely to take supplements as they are more aware of what they could be deficient in. They could also be taken in by scare stories and think they have to take supplements to survive(!). On the other hand, they may be less likely to take a supplement because they are more aware of what foods they need to eat to remain healthy. Also, the fact that a person takes a supplement does not necessarily mean they need that supplement, and likewise if a person takes no supplements that doesn't mean they're perfectly healthy and don't need them. I've been vegetarian since I was five, and vegan for the last ten years. I'm rarely ill and try to eat healthily. I don't take any supplements on a regular basis, but I occasionally take iron with some vitamin C and B vitamins (including B12), since iron is important for most women irrespective of diet and vit C aids its absorption. I've occasionally taken a multinutrient in the past, more as a back up than because I thought I needed it.

Question: Is there a website that build a daily pack with the supplements and vitamins I want. name brands? I'm looking for a site that uses name brand supplements and vitamins to build these packs. I'm very interested in anti aging products so if they have lines such as LIfe Extensions and Solaray that would be great. I also like food based supplements so lines such as New Chapter Organics and Rainbow Light would be great. I can't be the only person who takes a lot of nutritional supplements and vitamins and is looking for a better way than using a vitamin dispenser. It just makes sense that there is a web site out there that lets you build perosnlized daily supplement packs from the same supplements and vitamins you can find in a great health food store but get them packaged into daily vitamin packs instead of all the bottles. I konw there are a lot people who focus on antiaging, longevity and alternative medicine that would want a service like this so I'm sure one exists. If one exists, I would love to know about it. Someone just told me about a site where I can suppelements... thats not what I'm looking for. I'm looking for a web site that will build a custom pack of supplements with what I want in it.

Answer: http://www.vuru.com I think this is what you are looking for. The site's web address is www.vuru.com. They allow you create made-to-order daily supplement packs. I also found some really good info abou the site at http://www.web2list.com/forum.php?logoid=1652 This is pretty interesting. It must be knew. If you try it out, let me know how it is.

Question: Are nutritional supplements really a rip off? What's the truth? My doctor says that nutritional supplements - Vitamin D, B, Omega 3, Kelp - are a rip off. He said that these are not necessary and people get the nutrients they need through the food they eat. he feels that these supplements are purely placebo and in some cases can actually cause liver damage. On the other hand, lots of research that I've read online indicates that people need the supplements and that lack of them are what causes various other illness. What do you know about taking supplements? Why is there such a contradiction in the information about them? Just to clarify, I'm not trying to lose weight. I was just interested in being healthier and taking supplements for that. Thanks!

Answer: although some supplements are not necessary. In today's world of heavy pollutants, unhealthful foods, depleted soils, a fast food restaurant every corner and bad water, air and lack o exercise all placed in our high stress world, this greatly diminished the chance that one is getting all they needs from food. he last person in the world to ask fro advise on this is an allopathic MD. the average one knows less on this topic than you do. they receive almost no training on nutrition,. vitamins. minerals, herbs etc and what they do get just addresses specific vitamin deficiencies like beriberi. what your body does not need are substances not designed for it like a lot of drugs and this is what you get when you go to a doctor. I do not recommend a nutritionist either as they are trained in this same crappy environment as doctors. Go to a naturopathic or info on diet and health and wellness...saving the doctor just for things that are not generally helped alternatively (unless the naturepath is very skilled) like shock and accidents and things like your leg cut off. I can guarantee the average person knows more about nutrition, herbs and supplement than the doctor..this is because of all the paperwork and busy schedules, doctors themselves admit they have little time for outside reading but the medical library..the up top date journals function because of the high price pharmaceutical ads..often taking up to half of the pages and if they publish anything favorable to safe, inexpensive nontoxic modalities of healing, they are threatened with lawsuits or loss of advertising dollars..they have in the past set the percent and followed through on fighting anything that might cut into their profits by not advertising anymore after a medical journal publishes a study or something helpful about a cheap, natural treatment and gotten medical journals put out of business..thus most will not publish this info and thus the doctor never reads it and the average consumer is more informed on this topic. I got this information from an allopathic medical doctor who cured herself of breast cancer using natural means and did an informative video called cancer doesn't scare me anymore..here she talks about why doctors reject this info and about follow the money..she was severely ostracized after publishing her information at the hospital she worked at and by her colleagues. trust me the doctor is not right on this. Still you do not need all these new things always coming out,. I trust the master herbalist doctor Richard schulze who had 20 years clinical practice healing the very sick and dying. He suggests colon cleansing with a good products every season and doing various cleanses once a season and a vegan diet. Some of these cleanses include liver and gall bladder cleanse, kidney-bladder cleanse, immune boosting, lung cleanse. skin cleanse, blood cleansing etc...many of these are on his website herbdoc.com or by goggling the words patient handbook schulze here he has how to do the five day kidney or gall bladder cleanse..his herbs are outstanding see his website herbdoc.com for why his herbs are best and also he has a good intestinal cleanse one and two, a detox formula for blood cleasning and echinacea plus which I would take with astragalus one a year or so for immune boosting. Other cleanses are found in Linda page's book detoxification sold on ebay or at healthy healing . com the key is getting the toxins out and the nutrition and oxygen in via good diet, superfood (also sold at herbdoc.com) and exercising and deep breathing. Also do the 20 steps to a better life see it at herboc.com then you will not need many supplements. super food is superior because it is nature and not man-made and contains every nutrient you need but I personally would take omega three fats either as flax seed oil or by eating deep sea fatty fish three times a week (salmon/mackerel/herring/sardines are the richest source..walnuts and purslaine are the only other land food with this to my knowledge). also eat more produce of all kinds and more raw foods (produce, raw nuts and seeds and sprouted grains and legumes eaten raw. a great cookbook for eating more healthy raw foods (she also has cooked foods) is dining in the raw./.get it on ebay or amazon. do all this and you should have great health..if you can't afford his stuff buy his save your life video on dvd on ebay and in it he gives the formulas in the manual and shows how to do the tinctures and formulas yourself and this saves about 80% of the cost..use organic bulk herbs or wildcrafted or fresh if making your own tinctures to save money, also add lots of fresh juices made in a juicer to your daily routine..drink only good water (steam distilled, filtered, reverse osmosis and lots of home juiced with a juicer, fresh juices with once in a great while 100% bottles (drink the fresh within 15 minutes of making as the enzymes do not last and they are essential), herb or green tea (iced or hot), and real soup broths. once in a while you could add red wine so in conclusion to be healthier do the following 1. colon cleansing once a season using intestinal cleanse one and two from herbdoc.com 2 a different seasonal cleanse every season 3 daily exercise work up to one hour a day 4 deep breathing 5 follow herbdoc.com schulze's 20 steps to a healthier life 6 take care of emotional needs and be more positive, loving and grateful 7 add fresh juices to your day..the more the better (if diabetic dilute half and half with water) 8. drink only the things on the list 9 go vegan or as close as you can..many a little yogurt organic, organic free range chicken once a week or so and a little wild caught fish once or twice a week if some animal food is desired. any dairy should should soy or veggie or at least organic (no milk it sucks) other meats once in a blue moon and only organic or natural meats with no pesticides or hormones. 10 some source of omega three fatty acids and reduction of omega 6 oils 1 no junk or packaged foods (possible exception some of the things at health food store, canned fish and canned beans and frozen veggies without added sauces 12 more produce and variety eat the rainbow of produce daily (chose something from red, orange, yellow, blue-purple, green and white-brown group every day) 13 more raw foods, more fresh picked from the wilds or garden and more sprouting 14 .start learning more about nutrition and shopping in co-ops, health food stores, health sections of supermarkets and farmer's markets

Question: Why are vitamins called "nutritional" supplements and salad is called "nutritious" food?

Answer: Because the FDA won't allow nutritional supplement companies to call their goods remedies or drugs so the industry has adopted a term which implies supplements to your diet that are good for you. Nutritious foods = salads and the like. Non-nutritious foods = Twinkies and the like.

Question: Are vitamins (food supplements) really safe? "Most of your supplements are loaded with hidden sugars, salts and harmful fillers. You’re really better off getting the nutrients you need from FOOD.".... "The supplements industry is not only completely unregulated, it is also joined at the hip with some of the biggest pharmaceuticals companies, which have their nutritional supplements divisions. The general public has been mislead for decades to believe that dietary supplements are safe and effective means of ensuring good health, when they are, in fact, actually destroying health." Someone else said that, not me. Comments? Thanks.

Answer: I believe there is good and bad in everything. I spent 5 years in a health and nutrition background learning and educating myself and staff. Yes whole foods is the best source of nutrients but unfortunately with our fast pace world we live in it becomes unrealistic to believe that we are always going to eat properly and healthy. However we still need supplimentation. I think that situations alter cases and things can be done in moderation. Research your manufacturing companies and educate yoursel with fillers and ingredience. These factors have all to do with everything. Immune support is very important as well as many other things. Do as much as you can for yourself naturally and there is nothing wrong with a helping hand. Just make it your responsibility to educate yourself.

Question: Are there any vitamin or nutritional supplement videos that show and explain how to use them.? I'm looking for videos that explain how to take supplements. Most people don't read the instructions but they will watch a video.

Answer: Checkout this site: http://www.youtube.com/user/WorldClassNutrition They have videos posted with different types of supplements for various goals and objectives. They also stock every type of supplement you would ever need, so plenty of information is available.

Question: Is the silicon dioxide used in vitamins/supplements in the nanoparticle form? Is it dangerous? Most multivitamin or combination supplement products I've come across use silicon dioxide (or silica, SiO2) as an excipient. Recent research has shown that silicon dioxide nanoparticles (size 1-1000nm) can be cytotoxic (i.e. kill mammalian cells) but I'm not sure as to whether "larger" silica particles have this property. What is unclear to me is whether the silicon dioxide used as excipients in nutritional supplement products are formulated in larger pieces (which would not be expected to be absorbed by the GI tract) or if they are indeed being added as nanoparticles instead (which could potentially be much more harmful). While nanoparticles are a very recent and emerging field and much of the research is preliminary, because of their higher surface area, it has been suggested that they can be more reactive, catalytic, or harmful to mammalian cells than "larger" particles (of the same molecular formula).

Answer: It would not be used if it was

Question: Is it possible to live on nothing but nutritional shakes, vitamins, and minerals? If the whole point of eating food is to absorb the nutrients into your body wouldn't it make more sense to just directly consume the pure nutrients? Wouldn't eating lots of vitamins and nutritional shakes provide you with all of your body's necessary nutrients? Nutritional supplements don't contain any excess fat, sugar, or calories like most regular food. What is there in food that still requires our body to consume it?

Answer: Of the many compounds in food, we don't know which ones are useful nutrients. We only know some of the basics, so eating synthesized nutrients will leave out the many compounds in the food that we don't know are nutrients. This is why so many studies find that vitamin pills don't help with many diseases, but diets rich in certain nutrients can help with certain diseases - there are other nutrients in the food, and we just don't know all of which ones are important. For example, a long time ago, we knew that tomatoes have Vitamin C. But if you replace tomatoes with Vitamin C tablets, you miss the licopene that is good for prostate health. Now we know that licopene is important, but there are probably more compounds in tomatoes that we haven't yet figured out are good for us. Foods also contain many compounds that have antioxidant properties (to simplify it, it is like rust-proofing for your body). So you should include all those antioxidant compounds. If you do some careful science, you'll probably find out that there are more compounds in the food that are antioxidant, so you'll have to include those, too. Pretty soon, you'll be making a tomato, chemical by chemical, because it isn't a simple matter of 5% nutrients and 95% junk. It is more 5% nutrients and 95% stuff that we don't know if it is good for us or not.

Question: How can I get all the benefits from vitamin supplements that are in nutritional drinks? I'm going to start taking college courses and that's going to keep me too busy to cook as usual. Well, the last time I was in this situation, I took up drinking nutritional drinks. The costs of these drinks are much higher than they used to be, so my other alternative is to use vitamin supplements, but I wonder how to go about this. Please help. That's a silly answer! We need both water soluble vitamins, like Vitamin C, and fat soluble vitamins. I thought all other vitamins were fat soluble. Please, just answer the question.

Answer: Vitamins and minerals help protect the body from disease, and those who do not consume enough micronutrients on a daily basis may suffer the side effects of a vitamin deficiency and are at an increased risk of developing certain illnesses. Supplements can offer added “insurance” that one is meeting daily recommendations of vitamins and minerals needed by the body, especially in those who do not eat a healthy, balanced diet. Those who do not eat enough throughout the day may benefit from a supplement that contains water-soluble vitamins. Since water-soluble vitamins dissolve in the watery fluids of the body and any excess is flushed out, it's easier for this type of vitamin deficiency to occur. for more information about vitamin supplements,visit: http://www.optimalessentials.com/boost/

Question: Why did the senate sneak into the "Financial Reform" bill provisions regulating vitamins and other supplements? Financial Bill Attacks Your Vitamins Now, the Alliance for Natural Health tells us these provisions might become law in the worst possible way. Unless you act, the financial "reform" bill could give new powers to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), including the power to regulate food supplements -- perhaps regulate supplements right out of existence. With these new powers, the FTC could impose costly red tape on small businesses before they can put their products to market. For instance, it could force vitamin producers to undergo expensive trials to "prove" their claims are true. Vitamins and other nutritional supplements would be treated as drugs, not as food. And that small-sounding change has huge implications. This change would . . . * create huge increases in supplement costs, meaning that * many vitamin manufacturers and distributors would be driven out of the market, reducing my dietary and health choices. http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2010/04/biz-groups-oppose-expanding-ft.php

Answer: Drug companies don't like competition. Drugs are a lie, all they do is mask symptoms not make you healthy.

Question: Do you think vitamins, minerals, and other nutritional supplements should be illegal? http://www.newswithviews.com/DeWeese/tom81.htm This is from the FDA. Is it more reliable?http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOCKETS/98fr/E7-3259.htm http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_4803.cfm Here are two U.S. Representatives saying the same thing: http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul34.html Are they just being silly?

Answer: They are being GREEDY, not silly. Big pharmaceutical companies line the pockets of the FDA. More and more people are turning to alternative remedies and the FDA and their cronies want a piece of the pie. The FDA is an absolute JOKE. They can't even regulate our food supply, and now this! This kind of crap sickens me. I hope people will speak out about this.

Question: As a young woman, what vitamins and supplements are recommended for me before and after a workout? Finances don't exactly allow me to afford to consistently purchase more nutritional meals, and I do what I can, but I know some supplements would surely help me. I'm not looking for an excuse to avoid purchasing healthy foods, I am just looking for things that will help me along the way to living a healthier lifestyle.

Answer: The ones that include Calcium, Magnesium, Vitamin D where the first two are in citrate form http://www.nextag.com/calcium-magnesium-citrate-with-vitamin-d3/stores-html A sign these are deficient is fatigue or cramps early in workout Drink water before and after working out Insufficient water will cause problems too A standard B vitamins supplement will also help and the best would be some vitamin formula for athletic women in the vitamin section But the first item is the most important, so if budget is a factor skip the vitamins if your diet is good http://www.cvs.com/CVSApp/catalog/shop_product_detail.jsp?filterBy=&skuId=713633&productId=713633&navAction=push&navCount=9&no_new_crumb=true#prodDescCont just take daily with meals Before and after workout the water is the important one

Question: Question about prenatal vitamins/folic acid...? I'm 26 weeks pregnant. Throughout this entire pregnancy, I have *only* been taking a prenatal vitamin that contains folic acid. The OB is aware of this and never told me to do otherwise. Now I'm worried that perhaps I should have been taking an EXTRA folic acid tab as well...Ugh. According this article, most prenatal vitamins alone contain a suitable amount of folic acid. But should I have been taking an extra tablet all along, too? http://www.babycenter.com/0_prenatal-vitamin-supplements-a-nutritional-insurance-policy_287.bc Any advice is appreciated. Worried now. Thanks. Yes, I had a negative AFP screening and a level 2 ultrasound at 20 weeks that showed everything was "normal". Hoping this is really the case - One more thing to worry about now. Thanks for all of your advice! Because worrying is what I do, Moby. ::sigh:: One week I'll obsess about birth defects, the next week I'll worry that my amniotic fluid is leaking...I just can't help it.

Answer: I only took the reg. prenatal vitamins and everything turned out fine for us. Don't worry :-P I took extra calcium b/c I don't drink milk (Tums).

Question: Where can you order quality vitamins online? I have ordered from IHerb and a few other companies, but was wondering if anyone else has found a very good company that carries high-quality - not necessarily cheap - alternative medicine supplements and vitamins. I have discovered with nutritional supplements that you really do "get what you pay for."

Answer: Hi, I am a naturopath and master herbalist. I have been involved with alternative healing for 30 years. I have been open minded to alot of companies over the years to use with my clients. However, in 30 years I have it down to what works quickly! You can go to my website: www.naturalmedicinedr.com and learn about me. I have a link on my home page to the foundation of nutritional supplements I use. In case there is a problem with the link, you can go to: www.mynsp.com/drkim This site is set up at wholesale cost. My personal site is going to be revised within the next 2 weeks to include the companies that I use. For right now I'll give you a few websites. I am also available if you would like to call me to speak to me personally I can be reached at: 1- 800-444-3727 9am-7pm (MST) USA Also, you need to look at: www.stemcellsnaturall.net This product is the only product of it's kind available. 13 years of research and it will revolutionize health and healing. The company is only 22 months old, and will be open in numerous countries by next summer. The best detox product available for environmental toxicity and heavy metal poisoning is: www.dotoxpoisons.com this safely removes toxins from the body. To read all the documentation and research go to: www.detoxpoisons.info. You'll be impressed! For anyone out there with cardio issues, a product that is turning people around immediately is a liquid chelation Drink, this formula is based on the noble peace prize awarded to 3 dr.s in 1996. This product is patented and works so fast, it is incredible! That site is: www.2live.formor.com The product is Cardio Cocktail. I personally take it, I feel fantastic! Respectfully, Dr. Kim M, ND,MH

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