Re: Supplements (was SuperSize web site)

[Guest guest]

I started out taking several supplements. Then I stopped (believing that

getting my nutrients from food was best).

I'm now taking: baby aspirin, Vit D, selenium and melatonin.

on 5/26/2004 8:27 AM, apricot85 at apricot85@... wrote:

> I'm a fan of supplements & vitamins. I support them as much as Walford

> did. But as you know, the foods provide many nutrients and

> interactions not yet identified. Al's post on calcium provides one

> study showing the benefit of calcium from dairy over supplements. IMO,

> the biggest negative about the a big mac diet is the fats... damaged,

> trans & no omega 3's. No one has yet identified any safe amount of

> trans fat.

>

> jwwright wrote:

>

>> Not that I disagree. but what would be left out if he also took a

>> vitamin pill - known stuff please, not guesses.

>> Regards.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Mark:

I see calcium is not on your list. Have you measured your nutrient

intakes, and are you sure you are not calcium-deficient also?

Fitday told me I was 50% deficient in Ca and Zn, fwiw. (My only two

deficiencies).

Rodney.

> FWIW, I have been taking various vitamins and supplements for many

years. Over time, I've added to the list when I've seen evidence to

support the value of the additional item. Most recently, I began

taking Melatonin before bed each night. It appears to have had a

positive effect on my sleep.

>

> For the record, my daily intake:

>

> B-Complex

> Zinc

> Selenium

> Beta-Carotene

> Vitamin E

> Bee Pollen

> Aspirin (regular)

> Vitamin C

> Gingko Biloba

> Melatonin

>

> While I eat a healthy, balanced diet and am confident that I get

lots of my nutritional needs the " natural " way, my feeling is that

supplements make sure I am getting them and, if too much, the excess

is excreted.

>

> Mark

[Guest guest]

Hi folks:

Well, although I can't imagine anyone would be interested to know

what supplements I am curently taking, here is the list fwiw.

Weekly:

Folic acid

Vitamin C

Vitamin E

Beta carotene

Zinc

Chromium

Lycopene

Aspirin

Multi-vitamin

Daily:

Calcium with vitamin D

In addition to the above I am thinking about adding acetyl-L-

carnitine, weekly.

Any input (up to and including ridicule) will be welcome : ^ )))

Rodney.

> FWIW, I have been taking various vitamins and supplements for many

years. Over time, I've added to the list when I've seen evidence to

support the value of the additional item. Most recently, I began

taking Melatonin before bed each night. It appears to have had a

positive effect on my sleep.

>

> For the record, my daily intake:

>

> B-Complex

> Zinc

> Selenium

> Beta-Carotene

> Vitamin E

> Bee Pollen

> Aspirin (regular)

> Vitamin C

> Gingko Biloba

> Melatonin

>

> While I eat a healthy, balanced diet and am confident that I get

lots of my nutritional needs the " natural " way, my feeling is that

supplements make sure I am getting them and, if too much, the excess

is excreted.

>

> Mark

[Guest guest]

--- In , finewinemark@c...

wrote:

I began taking Melatonin before bed each night. It appears to

have had a positive effect on my sleep.

Canary Peg here:

I'm wondering whether we have any European members on this

list. I used to take melatonin - off and on - when I lived in the US

but cant get it here and it's not available in the UK - or so I was

told. I'm wondering if it might be available in Germany or some

other country where I could order it and have it mailed to me in

the Canary Islands. I also know that one has to be pretty sure of

brands when buying these supplements.

[Guest guest]

Hi Mark:

All I can tell you is that for a month I entered everything I ate

into Fitday and was astonished when it informed me that I was

consuming about half the calcium RDA. In part no doubt that is

because I do not eat much in the way of milk products. Although

other credible sources have told me that the proteins in milk tend to

militate against bone maintenance.

I now take a 500 mg calcium supplement (calcium carbonate) daily that

also contains 125 IU of vitamin D. I calculated that this should

make up the difference. I also read that calcium carbonate is well

absorbed.

Rodney.

> Rodney ~

>

> Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I have not, in fact,

had my calcium level tested. My wife has osteoporosis, and deals with

it in a number of ways. I have blissfully assumed that it is not an

issue for me, as a younger male.

>

> Do you have information, or can you point me to a source for such

information, about healthy calcium levels for men of various ages (I

am 52).

>

> Thanks,

>

> Mark