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1 posted on 06/20/2015 11:07:42 AM PDT by rickmichaels
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Healthy people are bad for business.


2 posted on 06/20/2015 11:11:04 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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I don't know about the rest of you, but I take D3 every day, as suggested by my oncologist. But this article has a different take on vitamins.

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4 posted on 06/20/2015 11:25:57 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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Don’t take tablets. They are nearly useless. Capsules and gelcaps are best. Don’t take multis, take the vitamins you decide you need, like C and D perhaps, or magnesium. You can easily test your D levels and adjust your personal dose.

And I’d be wary about supplementing iron right now as some new research is being discussed... Detriments of iron even that in “enriched” foods. At least read about it, as this is something new to worry about,
http://freetheanimal.com/2015/06/enrichment-theory-everything.html


5 posted on 06/20/2015 11:35:41 AM PDT by Yaelle ("You're gonna fly away, Glad you're going my way...")
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Eat right
Exercise
Reduce stress

Die anyway.


6 posted on 06/20/2015 11:39:17 AM PDT by uglybiker (nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-BATMAN!)
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8 posted on 06/20/2015 11:43:23 AM PDT by Dante3
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Horrendous diets ! Many eat the wrong things in excess sugar, fats, etc., Usually it is haw they were brought up on French fries, and sweets, bacon, ham, hamburgers in total. Not good for humans to have more than occasionally.


9 posted on 06/20/2015 11:46:44 AM PDT by geologist
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This is complete bs. You will die if you take a bottle of tylenol. You will not die if you take a bottle of vitamin c.

Yes certain vitamins when taken in excessively large and unusual doses can cause problems, but most do not.

The big difference is that government does track “vitamin deaths” each year and most years it is ZERO, a few have one or two, and they are asterisked because the evidence linking them to the death is speculative at best. Compare this to the thousands of people that die from prescription drugs.

It’s a scare piece, a hit piece against people who want to use vitamins to supplement their health because it is a form of independence and it is very safe and easy. The RDA min requirements are set so low, they are absolute bare minimums. They are not optimal values for best health.


10 posted on 06/20/2015 11:49:44 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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Only one statement here. With Global Warming, “What difference does it make?”(/S)


12 posted on 06/20/2015 12:08:10 PM PDT by Mark (Obama Care is now DEMOCRAT CARE)
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80% of the healthy 80 year old geezers in this world have almost no stomach acid and have lost 30% of their muscle mass, 10-15% of their brains and a lot of their bone density.
We are unable to break out the amino acids, trace metals, and B vitamins we need without the stomach acid (achlorhydria).
Vitamin supplementation or intravenous infusion are the two ways to solve this problem.


13 posted on 06/20/2015 12:34:12 PM PDT by kruss3
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Mainstream medicine in the US has conceded that vit D RDAs have been too low. The best thing is to have blood levels of D checked, which many docs do now as a regular part of physical.

Example: In her late 50s at the time my wife had a freak fall & shattered her wrist. Resulting in surgery & a plate in her arm. About a year before our family doctor had tested her D levels and said it was seriously low. She went on 50,000 units twice a week until level was in range & then stayed on 2,000 per day as maintenance.

Key point here: The orthopedic surgeon said that her arm healed faster than anyone of any age that had a similar break. In 4 weeks she was out of the (removable) cast). He said he expected even a young person to take 6-8 weeks to heal to the degree she had in 4. In his option it was definitely the D that was responsible. Her healing times for the usual cuts and scrapes have decreased compared to before.

15 posted on 06/20/2015 12:58:28 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't really there....)
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“Vitamins have become synonymous with health, but there’s this false idea that, if a little bit is good, a lot has to be better,”

Liberals feel the same way about government.

17 posted on 06/20/2015 1:18:31 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'll vote for Jeb when Terri Schiavo endorses him.)
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The original research article, which I read online, is focused on the use of vitamins for cancer prevention and therefore ignores other reasons to take vitamin and mineral supplements.

Some vitamin deficiencies are dangerously common, especially vitamins B-12 and D, as are deficiencies in micronutrients like essential fatty acids. In addition, common digestive disorders like celiac disease, non-celiac gluten sensitivity, Crohn's disease, and IBS and IBD, all tend to cause significant nutritional deficiencies that require vitamin and mineral supplementation.

Finally, common illnesses and drugs like statins and antacids can impair nutritional uptake and metabolism, while in other instances, supplements can help prevent or treat an illness. What doctor these days does not recommend supplementary Vitamin D and fish oil for older patients?

Nevertheless, as to cancer, there is valid cause for concern in that it seems that taking anti-oxidant supplements to excess may spur cancer by weakening the body's use of oxidative reactions in the immune response against cancerous cells. Moreover, Vitamin A spurs cell growth and may therefore directly aid the development and progression of some forms of cancer.

20 posted on 06/20/2015 1:32:31 PM PDT by Rockingham
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and corroborated that there seemed to be an increased risk of dying with beta-carotene and vitamin E supplements.

I always love it when they write some generality about increasing our risk of dying. Our risk of dying is ultimately 100 percent.

28 posted on 06/20/2015 6:41:17 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Cancer-free since 1988! US out of UN! UN out of US!)
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I needed a whole more vitamin D 10,000 IU along with some iron and magnesium to feel well.
I was able to stop taking thyroid medicine which I was put on for the symptoms I had. I haven’t taken any for more then 4 years.


29 posted on 06/20/2015 7:16:26 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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