Re: Really Big question-supplements

[Guest guest]

At 11:07 AM 5/21/2010, you wrote:

Actually, looking at lucy's

kitchen shop the only multivitamin I see is the freeda. According to

Freeda, the dose is 3 a day, but I see on Lucy's page it says Elaine

recommends 1 a day? I really don't know what to think about that. To get

the full dose of the multivitamin you need three a day, so if you just

took 1 you would be getting 1/3 of the vitamins/minerals. I take 3 a day,

I would not want less. I guess if you are having trouble tolerating

vitamins less might be helpful. Maybe someone who knows more about what

Elaine was thinking can chime in on this? anyways, personally, I would

not consider 1/3 of a multivitamin ideal..

There are quite a few people who, in the early stages of healing, can't

tolerate more than one of the Freedas per day. Some even have to cut them

in half. Still others take some every other day, or even once a week. All

depends on what your body needs and tolerates.

I'm one of those people who needed more, but the useful thing about

having it be three tablets per day is that you can tailor the dose to

your needs.

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[Guest guest]

Actually, looking at lucy's kitchen shop the only multivitamin I see is the freeda. According to Freeda, the dose is 3 a day, but I see on Lucy's page it says Elaine recommends 1 a day? I really don't know what to think about that. To get the full dose of the multivitamin you need three a day, so if you just took 1 you would be getting 1/3 of the vitamins/minerals. I take 3 a day, I would not want less. I guess if you are having trouble tolerating vitamins less might be helpful. Maybe someone who knows more about what Elaine was thinking can chime in on this? anyways, personally, I would not consider 1/3 of a multivitamin ideal..It makes sense to me. I mean, if you're taking all three a day, you're getting at least 100% of your DV of most of the vitamins and minerals, but I would think we get plenty of vitamins and minerals from actual foods in our diet. The SCD foods seem to be pretty nutrient dense, and if you're eating enough of a variety of foods, I would think you would be getting most of your vitamins and minerals that way. I can definitely see where you might want to take the full dose of a multi if you still have very limited food choices, though. Peace =)Alyssa 16 yo UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)Azathioprine 75 mg 1x per dayPrednisone 30 mg 1x per day

[Guest guest]

I only take 1 a day for freeda vitamins.

[Guest guest]

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I take freeda vitamins, vitamin D3 from GiProhealth, bromelain and acidophilus and boulardii.