I'm not a medical expert in any sense, but here are a few things I believe:
- If what you're taking [vitamins] is working for you, fine. However, if you eat a fairly healthy, balanced diet you may be wasting money on vitamin supplements. Talk to a dietician if you have one available, or attend a nutrition course at your local gym/college/whole foods, etc. - Vitamin C, while popular, has never really been proven to prevent the catching of the common cold, and studies vary on whether it reduces cold symptoms much. Yes, I know Linus Pauling swore by mega-doses of vitamin C, but if you read the studies you'll find no solid evidence. However, again I say: if it's working for you, keep at it! - Mega doses of vitamin C [ascorbic acid,] do create an acidic urinary tract, which helps retard bacterial growth. Just be careful, because mega doses can also have side-effects such as kidney stones and diarrhea. Other natural remedies to prevent UTIs include: cranberry/blackberry juice, D-Mannose [Google it,] and apple cider vinegar. - I've tried multi-vitamins in the past, and I've found they affect my bowels. In my case they make everything loose, but others I've talked to get bound up, especially when the multi-vitamins include iron. - I, too, use hand-sanitizers or anti-bacterial soaps. I've been seeing studies that this may actually be detrimental, as we're creating "super germs" that are resistant. I am not sure what to think about this topic--it's hard to avoid anti-bacterial products. That's my 2 cents. And worth about that much. Don. ----- Original Message ----- From: RONALD L PRACHT To: [email protected] ; [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 2:35 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] multivitamins I take 1000 mg vitamin c in morning and 1000mg vitamin c at night. If a feel a cold or sore throat i take an extra 1000 mg that day. I was told you cant overdose on vitamin c, you will just urinate the excess out of the system. Ive been using alot of hand sanitizer lately whenever I go out and get home. ron c7 --- On Wed, 11/18/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] multivitamins To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 2:28 PM How many vitamin C when you feel something coming on, are you referring to a Cold or a UTI? My normal dosage is 500, 4 times a day. Is that too much. . Thank you, Dana
