When my daughter was getting her discharge directions, they suggested that she take a multi-vitamin. It just so happened that I had gotten a Teen Multi Vitamin from Vitamin World already at home. I pulled it up on the website and showed the nurses and they thought it was a good idea. The bottle says to take 3 a day but they suggested that she only take 1 unless it was her time of the month and then she should take 2. She has been doing really well with them and tolerating them well. I just ordered another 2 bottles to make sure that my 18 year old son starts taking them again also. I agree with the others that a vitamin shouldn't be taken in the place of eating healthy. Tracey L. Black Certified Insurance Service Representative Hockley & O'Donnell Insurance Agency Phone - 717-334-6741, x 29 Fax - 717-334-3414
Thank you for providing information to us. Please beware that no coverage is bound and no change to your insurance program is confirmed until verified by a licensed agent during regular business hours. If you do not hear from us within 1 business day, please re-contact us in case your information has not been retained. ________________________________ From: Kevin Wolfthal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 2:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [TMIC] OT Vitamins and the prostate. Sally, You're welcome! Also, as far as I know, vitamin supplements are not regulated, so who know what we are really getting in them. I know people who buy every mega-vitamin advertised on late night tv, but they will eat 2 big Macs for dinner. And who knows how vitamins interact with our medications? I used to take Centrum and started getting pain in my leg, (pre-TM). The pain stopped when I stopped taking the Centrum. The same thing happened to a friend at the time. As the article stated, some of the men were taking the multivitamins more than one per day. If a little is good, a lot is NOT usually better. Kevin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for sharing that, Kevin. I like to think of vitamin supplements as first aid; they can help you get back on the path to health by helping to make up for a shortage, but they aren't a permanent substitute for good nutrition. One of the biggest problems is that taking too much of one vitamin/mineral (in supplement form) can cause an imbalance with other vitamins/minerals. If you eat too much of a certain food which gives you more than you need of a given nutrient, your body generally just adjusts to the 'overdose' by absorbing less. But if you get too much of a certain vitamin or mineral in supplements, your body doesn't usually make the adjustment and you can end up with an imbalance, which over time, can cause problems. Sally
