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Q: Vitamin Question
asked by: miller2190 on October 8th, 2005
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I was thinking about taking a multi-vitiman, why exactly do you guys take them, what are the benifits of gettin these vitamins,

and I heard too much vitamin a can give you gullstones and cancer, are other vitamins like that? Are multi-vitamin's dangerous if you get too much?
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sandyallen
replied on February 4th, 2006
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Heck! I just buy the multi-vitamins @ walmart, it works for me, call me cheap if you want to unless puritan pride is having a good sale.
Good luck!
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vincent77
replied on February 26th, 2006
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sandyallen wrote:
heck! I just buy the multi-vitamins @ walmart, it works for me, call me cheap if you want to unless puritan pride is having a good sale.


Good luck!


with walmart brand vitamins you are taking a whole bunch of stuff your body cant digest, just throwing your money away, read the label and if you cant pronounce half the stuff on there reconsider what you are doing, a good multi is food derived so your body can digest it and actualy use the vitamins these are the once I take tey then out, compare labels and if your not convinced let me know.
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Happiness03
replied on February 26th, 2006
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With walmart brand vitamins you are taking a whole bunch of stuff your body cant digest, just throwing your money away, read the label and if you cant pronounce half the stuff on there reconsider what you are doing, a good multi is food derived so your body can digest it and actualy use the vitamins these are the once I take tey then out, compare labels and if your not convinced let me know.


well, if they are so bad that a person's body can't digest them, they wouldn't be selling them, and my doctor wouldn't recommend the ones that she does.
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sandyallen
replied on February 26th, 2006
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Thank you happiness and thank your Dr. For me, could it be that the others are throwing their money away? Typical sales people, and I am no dr but I have been and worked around several but it is their choice of what they choose to use.
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vincent77
replied on February 26th, 2006
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Im not a doctor and im not looking for an argument but heres the thing; if your vitamin is food derived it is better for you then one that is made from plastic, compare a bottle and let me know, google the big words on the back of your vitamins and see what they are made of. Then look at these vitamins and see what they are made of. Second the vitamin industry is not regulated by the fda so they would be selling them, and lets look at the news and see how many doctor prescribed meds have been recalled because they cause heart attacks? Do this for your self and if you still not convinced email me and ill send you some support documents.
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grndzro
replied on May 7th, 2006
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Mmm...
Vincent77 you bring up a good point about the difference between natural form vitamins and chemical form.

There is a difference in bioavailability between the various forms, but the natural form isn't always the most bioavailable.

Take vitamin c, vitamin e, and the amino acid tocopherol for example.
Ester-c, ester-e, and d-alpha-tocopherol are all chemical derivitaves. But they absorb into the body better than the natural form due to them being bonded to another nutrient that allows it to pass through your stomache lining easier.
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