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Oct 12, 2005 | 03:53 PM

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JDHolmes

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several year (4 or 5) ago I was heavily into vitamin and mineral supplements. I've got high cholesterol and a family history of heart disease. I used supplements to help lower cholesterol and help maintain a healthy heart.

The supplements didn't really help the cholesterol.

However, I continue to take a multivitamin, supplements of E, B, folic acid, and a few others that have proven to be beneficial. A good multivitamin with minerals has most of what normal folks need on a daily basis.

Do some research before you mega-dose. Some vitamins can be harmful in high doses and others you just urinate away.

Oct 12, 2005 | 06:39 PM

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Greg, I take the Rexall brand Omega 3 that is available over the counter at Walmart. It costs around $8.00 for 120 gelcaps. There is no contraindications taking it with any prescription drugs unless you are allergic to fish, flax, or cottonseed. Since I have studied for the last 5 years home remedies( my little bro has lyme disease), I have come to the conclusion that the drug companies are charging us for something that is already available in nature and has few, if any, side effects. Take cardiomyopthia, folks die from it daily. It is nothing more than a selenium deficiency and can be cured by taking a selenium suppliment. But the drug companies can't make big money by selling you a simple suppliment. Might also want to read about the statins at this site. Seems that Sweden has the highest cholestrol count in world. They also have the lowest heart attack rate. Is that the info you got from your doctor? I bet not. They don't call them "practicing" physicians for nothing. I just know they can practice on somebody else. Again, follow your own intelligence on home remedies, they sure work at my house.

Thanks for the great tip Flash.

A cholestrol reducer would do me well too, my good CH always borders at 245/250. The way I see it, what would I have to lose taking Omega's anyway , except my BP meds and those little blue magic pills ? I am allergic to fish and will not eat it, but only because fish smell like fish and I cant stand the smell.

Oct 12, 2005 | 07:09 PM

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I take enteric coated fish oil caps. That way I don't have to taste or smell the stinkin fish odors. They wait until they get into your intestines before they come open and spill the goo..
I also take a colesterol reducer from the quacks. My cholesterol has dropped significantly since I started the fish oil.

I usually take vitamins for a short while then get off them ...back and forth. Otherwise when I reach my tolerable level of vitamins and go beyond it, I get a rash. And that's just from a simple multi vitamin....don't matter the brand.

Oct 12, 2005 | 07:16 PM

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tdister

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Once in a while I used to take those vitamins you can buy in packets (6-7 different pills=1 dose) at the gas station. One day I got injured at work and needed Xrays, on review we saw some of them still intact (close to the "exit" according to the doctor, definately pretty far down). Totally threw her for a loop until I figured out what they were.

Now I take some vitamins guaranteed to dissolve in 30 minutes or something. Guess I'm not the only person who had that problem. I feel they help. I take mine a half pill at a time, twice a day.

Oct 12, 2005 | 07:30 PM

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i take a multi vitamin, a vitamin e and an aspirin every day and believe it helps.

Oct 12, 2005 | 08:45 PM

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Just a heads up for the over 50 crowd. Don't take a multi vitamin that has any iron in it. Once you get to the brilliant age era, iron is no longer desired or needed as a supplement. Excess iron will plate up on your arteries and can lead to problems. If coronary problems are historic in your family, make sure that your vitamin intake has some selenium to strengthen the cardiovascular system.

Oct 12, 2005 | 09:07 PM

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stu37d

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I take a multi-vitamin that I buy at Wally World. I also take a B complex, a niacin, a biotin and glucosamine, as well as calcium. I put them in a seven day container (or else I'll forget them). I'm sure that a lot of the vitamin passes out of my system through my bladder (that would explain the bright, flourescent yellow color), and I figure that's why B vitamins are usually 3 or 4 hundred percent USDA (some B vitamins in the complex are 3000%!) I read in a vitamin encyclopedia that each of the Bvitamins is helpful in a variety of ways, but one benefit they all have is that they help your body metabolize carbohydrates. I've also heard that biotin helps grow hair and nails (too bad it only works on my ears...LOL). I am going to look into the Omega-3 now.

As far as diet goes, how do you eat enough fresh fruit and veggies each day to provide your body with what it needs? Too many drugs, preservatives, etc out there in our food supply, so vitamins are definitely a good way to ensure you get what you are supposed to have.

Oct 13, 2005 | 09:09 PM

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The standard reply of most in the medical profession is that a well balanced diet contains enough vitamins and minerals to satisfy all of a person's nutritional requirements. Unfortunately, nutrition is not a required subject at medical schools, and that pat answer was first written back when it was probably true. That is no longer the case.

The heavily processed foods we eat today have nowhere near the same vitamin & mineral content as did fthe foods of our forefathers, which were usually produced and eaten on the same farm, without herbicides, pesticides and genetic engineering. Nor did they contain preservatives to extend their shelf life, dyes to enhance their color, or artificial sweeteners. In my opinion, a person would be foolish, in this day and age, not to suppliment his diet with at least a multi-vitamin.

As for vitamin C passing through the urine, that's the key to the process - it passes through the system to get to the urine. (I really don't think it's just supposed to stay inside and hang out.)

Speaking of urine, I gotta go now.