Guest guest Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 > > Hi. > > I'm thinking of using Life Extention Mix Caps for my husband as a multivitamin rather > than downing so many pills. It's more affordable and easier. After reading the label, it > appears that he should take 4 capsules a day (spread apart) to get the Magnesium and Vit. > B needs met, plus adding extra Molybdenum and Inositol (as well as EFAs, of course) to > meet the dosage needs for those. > > Here's my question. Taking 4 capsules per day will be fine with things like Vitamin E. But it > will give him 140 mg of Zinc (his per-pound dosage is 100mg per day), and 800 mcg of > Selenium (his per-pound dosage is 330 mcg per day). Would it be bad for him to have > 40mg of extra Zinc per day, and, particularly, 470 mcg of extra Selenium per day? --------I'm not sure what Andy would say about the extra zinc, but I do know that he says that " selenium is potentially toxic at doses not far from those used in supplementation " . See page 162 of AI. So I would be very concerned about that much selenium, it is more than double the recommended dose.---------Jackie This > would be unavoidable if he took this particular multivitamin. It has no copper. > > Taking this multivitamin (or some other one) will probably make the difference in > compliance or non-compliance with him, since he has such a busy life and such a very > sensetive stomach. (Plus, I like that we'd only need to buy a new bottle every 4 months > since it has 490 caps). > > Please let me know whether the Zinc or Selenium or any other minerals ought to be > limited closer to his per-pound dosage, and not much over. Would it be harmful to go that > much over, or not? --------On the selenium, it definitely could be.-----Jackie ------Also, I don't know if it's in all of their stuff, but one of their items I looked at, link in another post, it contained NAC and broccoli, which are both sulfury. So that may be another concern, if you're sulfur sensitive.---------Jackie > > Thanks > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 Re: Multivitamin dosage concerns ----- Original Message ----- From: jennifer.robinsong Hi. I'm thinking of using Life Extention Mix Caps for my husband as a multivitamin rather than downing so many pills. It's more affordable and easier. After reading the label, it appears that he should take 4 capsules a day (spread apart) to get the Magnesium and Vit. B needs met, plus adding extra Molybdenum and Inositol (as well as EFAs, of course) to meet the dosage needs for those. ===>Something's wrong here, we gave our little 40 lber (4) capsules of the LEF per day. The adult dose for capsules is (14) spread throughout the day and I don't think there is anywhere near this amount of zinc in them. Are you sure you were looking at the right product? ---------You're right . There is only 35mg of zinc and 200mcg of selenium in *a serving*, and 14 capsules makes a serving, or the total recommended a day for an adult. I think she was thinking that each capsule contained this amount, and thought he should take 4/day. It can be confusing when the serving size is more than one capsule. Here's the link.--------Jackie http://www.lef.org/newshop/items/item01244.html For those high in sulfur the NAC and broccoli extract may present a problem in the LEF product. I did check the dosage of NAC with Andy, as we were chelating, and he told me to keep the dose low, between 100-200 mgs per day, which is what we did and she got along fine. --------Yes the 600mg of NAC per adult serving could be a problem for some, plus the broccoli.----------Jackie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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