Re: Re: Finishing illegal vitamins/supplements - is this a bad idea?

[Guest guest]

At 03:34 PM 6/2/2009, you wrote:

Calcium:

Citrcal (2 caplets have 400IU Vit D3 and 630mg calcium citrate)

ingredients are: calcium citrate, polyethylene glycol, croscarmellose

sodium, polyvinyl alcohol-part hydrolyzed, color added, magnesium

silicate, magnesium stearate, vit D3

According to the website you posted, it has a few more

ingredients:

Calcium Carbonate, Calcium Citrate, Polyethylene Glycol, Magnesium Oxide,

Croscarmellose Sodium, Genistein (Soy Isoflavone), Manganese Gluconate,

Hypromellose, Titanium Dioxide (color), Zinc Oxide, Magnesium Silicate,

Copper Gluconate, Molybdenum Amino Acid Chelate, Sodium Borate, Magnesium

Stearate, Vitamin D3 (Cholecalciferol).

Croscarmellose Sodium, and Genistein (Soy Isoflavone) are both

illegal.

I'm cautious about the Hypromellose, as " -ose " indicates a

sugar.

If they'd leave the soy and other junk out, this would actually be a

pretty good supplement.

With regards to your Centrum, here are the ingredients:

INGREDIENTS:

Dibasic Calcium Phosphate, Magnesium Oxide, Potassium Chloride, Calcium

Carbonate, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Ascorbic Acid (Vit. C),

Ferrous Fumarate, dl-Alpha Tocopheryl

Acetate (Vit. E). Contains < 2% of: Acacia, Anhydrous Citric Acid,

Ascorbyl Palmitate, Beta Carotene, Biotin, Boric Acid,

BHT, Calcium Pantothenate, Calcium Stearate,

Cholecalciferol (Vit. D), Chromium Picolinate, Corn

Starch, Crospovidone, Cupric Sulfate, Cyanocobalamin (Vit.

B12), dl-Alpha Tocopherol,

FD & C Yellow 6 Aluminum Lake, Folic Acid, Gelatin,

Hydrogenated Palm Oil,

Hypromellose, Lutein, Lycopene,

Maltodextrin, Manganese Sulfate,

Medium-Chain Triglycerides, Modified Food

Starch, Niacinamide, Nickelous Sulfate, Phytonadione (Vit. K),

Polyethylene Glycol, Polyvinyl Alcohol, Potassium Iodide,

Pregelatinized Corn Starch, Pyridoxine

Hydrochloride (Vit. B6), Riboflavin (Vit. B2),

Silicon Dioxide, Sodium Ascorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Citrate,

Sodium Metavanadate, Sodium Molybdate, Sodium Selenate, Sorbic Acid,

Stannous Chloride, Sucrose, Talc, Thiamine

Mononitrate (Vit. B1), Titanium Dioxide, Tricalcium Phosphate,

Vitamin A Acetate (Vit. A), Zinc Oxide. May also contain < 2%: Sodium

Aluminum Silicate.

Ferrous Fumarate is an iron supplement, and not legal, as iron feeds bad

bacteria.

BHT is not specifically illegal, but I don't trust it -- it's linked to

so much other junk.

Corn Starch is illegal.

dl-Alpha Tocopherol is the synthetic version of only one of the mixed

tocopherols which make up Vitamin E. It's not nearly as

potent.

Hydrogenated palm oil -- not strictly illegal, but I won't use

hydrogenated oils.

Maltodextrin is illegal. Elaine hated " malti " with a

passion.

Modified Food Starch is illegal.

Pregelatinized corn starch is illegal.

Sucrose is illegal.

There may be more -- those are just the ones that leap out at me. SIX

illegals in one lousy tablet.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

At 03:34 PM 6/2/2009, you wrote:

Calcium:

Citrcal (2 caplets have 400IU Vit D3 and 630mg calcium citrate)

ingredients are: calcium citrate, polyethylene glycol, croscarmellose

sodium, polyvinyl alcohol-part hydrolyzed, color added, magnesium

silicate, magnesium stearate, vit D3

According to the website you posted, it has a few more

ingredients:

Calcium Carbonate, Calcium Citrate, Polyethylene Glycol, Magnesium Oxide,

Croscarmellose Sodium, Genistein (Soy Isoflavone), Manganese Gluconate,

Hypromellose, Titanium Dioxide (color), Zinc Oxide, Magnesium Silicate,

Copper Gluconate, Molybdenum Amino Acid Chelate, Sodium Borate, Magnesium

Stearate, Vitamin D3 (Cholecalciferol).

Croscarmellose Sodium, and Genistein (Soy Isoflavone) are both

illegal.

I'm cautious about the Hypromellose, as " -ose " indicates a

sugar.

If they'd leave the soy and other junk out, this would actually be a

pretty good supplement.

With regards to your Centrum, here are the ingredients:

INGREDIENTS:

Dibasic Calcium Phosphate, Magnesium Oxide, Potassium Chloride, Calcium

Carbonate, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Ascorbic Acid (Vit. C),

Ferrous Fumarate, dl-Alpha Tocopheryl

Acetate (Vit. E). Contains < 2% of: Acacia, Anhydrous Citric Acid,

Ascorbyl Palmitate, Beta Carotene, Biotin, Boric Acid,

BHT, Calcium Pantothenate, Calcium Stearate,

Cholecalciferol (Vit. D), Chromium Picolinate, Corn

Starch, Crospovidone, Cupric Sulfate, Cyanocobalamin (Vit.

B12), dl-Alpha Tocopherol,

FD & C Yellow 6 Aluminum Lake, Folic Acid, Gelatin,

Hydrogenated Palm Oil,

Hypromellose, Lutein, Lycopene,

Maltodextrin, Manganese Sulfate,

Medium-Chain Triglycerides, Modified Food

Starch, Niacinamide, Nickelous Sulfate, Phytonadione (Vit. K),

Polyethylene Glycol, Polyvinyl Alcohol, Potassium Iodide,

Pregelatinized Corn Starch, Pyridoxine

Hydrochloride (Vit. B6), Riboflavin (Vit. B2),

Silicon Dioxide, Sodium Ascorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Citrate,

Sodium Metavanadate, Sodium Molybdate, Sodium Selenate, Sorbic Acid,

Stannous Chloride, Sucrose, Talc, Thiamine

Mononitrate (Vit. B1), Titanium Dioxide, Tricalcium Phosphate,

Vitamin A Acetate (Vit. A), Zinc Oxide. May also contain < 2%: Sodium

Aluminum Silicate.

Ferrous Fumarate is an iron supplement, and not legal, as iron feeds bad

bacteria.

BHT is not specifically illegal, but I don't trust it -- it's linked to

so much other junk.

Corn Starch is illegal.

dl-Alpha Tocopherol is the synthetic version of only one of the mixed

tocopherols which make up Vitamin E. It's not nearly as

potent.

Hydrogenated palm oil -- not strictly illegal, but I won't use

hydrogenated oils.

Maltodextrin is illegal. Elaine hated " malti " with a

passion.

Modified Food Starch is illegal.

Pregelatinized corn starch is illegal.

Sucrose is illegal.

There may be more -- those are just the ones that leap out at me. SIX

illegals in one lousy tablet.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

At 04:43 PM 6/2/2009, you wrote:

Yikes! Def. not worth the

cost-savings to keep taking these. I will look into the Freeda brand on

the BTVC site. Thanks for investigating so thoroughly! One thing you said

really caught my eye though: I am pretty anemic and need to start taking

iron (it really hurts my guts though, so I was going to wait until I got

stronger/D improved). Do you have a good brand of iron to recommend, or

is all iron supplements bad and should i should only rely on natural

sources of iron for the time being (spinach, steaks,

etc)?

Steak. spinach, liver.... I have a pretty good pate recipe. Made it for

when I had my cancer surgery. Oncologist said I might need up to two

units of blood and iron supplementation. I groaned and said I'd do liver

if I had to... and you wouldn't believe how much I dislike liver in most

circumstances.

To my great good fortune, thanks to the healing of SCD, I needed neither

liver nor transfusions.

You may find that as you heal, you will become less anemic.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

At 04:43 PM 6/2/2009, you wrote:

Yikes! Def. not worth the

cost-savings to keep taking these. I will look into the Freeda brand on

the BTVC site. Thanks for investigating so thoroughly! One thing you said

really caught my eye though: I am pretty anemic and need to start taking

iron (it really hurts my guts though, so I was going to wait until I got

stronger/D improved). Do you have a good brand of iron to recommend, or

is all iron supplements bad and should i should only rely on natural

sources of iron for the time being (spinach, steaks,

etc)?

Steak. spinach, liver.... I have a pretty good pate recipe. Made it for

when I had my cancer surgery. Oncologist said I might need up to two

units of blood and iron supplementation. I groaned and said I'd do liver

if I had to... and you wouldn't believe how much I dislike liver in most

circumstances.

To my great good fortune, thanks to the healing of SCD, I needed neither

liver nor transfusions.

You may find that as you heal, you will become less anemic.

—

Marilyn

New

Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund