Re: Multivitamin dosage concerns

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> Hi.

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> 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.

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> 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

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> Thanks

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