Do NOT Take Vitamins
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Guy comes in to the bar and asks for 5 strait shots of vodka.
Waiter: would you like anything to eat?
Guy: No
in a few minutes guy asks for another 5 shots.
Waiter: would you like anything to eat?
Guy: No
in a few minutes guy asks for another 5 shots.
Waiter: would you like anything to eat?
Guy: No
Waiter: Barmen will not serve you anymore unless you eat something.
Guy: Fine. Bring me piece of bread.
So guy drinks last five shots, upon trying to bite bread falls on the floor.
Guy: See what your piece of bread did to me?
I took vitamins for years, and just got sicker and sicker.
In particular - don't take supplemental Vitamin D. It isn't even a vitamin.
http://bacteriality.com/2007/09/15/vitamind
In particular - don't take supplemental Vitamin D. It isn't even a vitamin.
http://bacteriality.com/2007/09/15/vitamind
She writes well and makes a good sales pitch but she didn't get me sold. That 20 to 30 years to notice the effects of vitamin D, well how are you going to prove or disprove anything with that time span. And her conclusions are opposed to many other scientist and doctors that read the same studies. I will read up on this some more when I have some time.
Let me just point out one thing that there seems to be a common misunderstanding about, and that is that synthetic vitamins, of which there are few that can be economically synthesized, are absolutely identical to so-called natural vitamins in every respect. For example, the main synthetic vitamin that is widely available is vitamin C. The chemical name is ascorbic acid and synthetic ascorbic acid and natural vitamin C are identical molecules. It makes absolutely no difference, as far as meeting vitamin C requirements goes, whether you eat oranges or swallow a tablet. (Oranges have other nutrients (mainly sugar) and fiber of course.)
Many years ago now, Linus Pauling pointed out that the mdr level set by the FDA for folic acid was woefully inadequate and that folic acid was very commonly deficient in US diets. He recommended that everyone take a folic acid supplement (400 mcg/day). Years later it was discovered that folic acid deficiency was the culprit in a not uncommon spinal birth defect, and pregnant women are advised to take folic acid supplements. But everyone should, with the possible exception of vegetarians, who probably ingest adequate amounts of folic acid.
Keep in mind that the FDA mdr requirements are based on the minimum levels to prevent disease and are not necessarily the optimum levels. But of course if a little of something is good for you a lot is not necessarily better.
Vitamin A and Beta Carotene are a couple of the more toxic common vitamins. Not surprising that overdosing on them is bad. The Vitamin E link though is something new for me to file away. It's the vitamin related to fish oil right?
From my perspective, and i admit that i am a prisoner of my education, i think that in general it would not be true that the "effects of vitamins in the body depend on other ingredients of fruits, etc." In fact it seems highly unlikely. However, I can see a case being made for what you consume with vitamins affecting their absorbtion. Perhaps that is what you meant.
Certainly, eating an orange or drinking a glass of orange juice is more enjoyable then swallowing a tablet. On the other hand the tablet is going to give you a lot more Vitamin C than a few oranges. One 500 mg tablet is about equivalent to 7 eight-ounce glasses of juice.