Vitamins A,C,E

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Hi all,

Hoping to get a reply fom Andy here, but anyones input is greatly

appreciated. I'm wanting to know how much vit' A,C and E I should be

supplementing my 4y/o. Since Aug' last year, I've been supplementing

1000mg/day 5 days a week of vit' C. He gets the runs on anything over

this. Vitamin A, he's been having in 2 supplements, a childs cold

defense sup' containing 580IU, and a cod liver oil sup' containing

750IU, so he's been getting 1,330IU of A 5 days a week. I've no idea

how much vit' A he SHOULD be getting. Vitamin E, he's only been having

7.5IU/day in his cold defense sup' which I know is not enough. Have

bought a vitamin E sup' which contains 500IU natural E...how much E

should he be getting/day?

Thankyou in advance,......Donna.

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> Hi all,

> Hoping to get a reply fom Andy here, but anyones input is greatly

> appreciated. I'm wanting to know how much vit' A,C and E I should be

> supplementing my 4y/o. Since Aug' last year, I've been supplementing

> 1000mg/day 5 days a week of vit' C. He gets the runs on anything over

> this. Vitamin A, he's been having in 2 supplements, a childs cold

> defense sup' containing 580IU, and a cod liver oil sup' containing

> 750IU, so he's been getting 1,330IU of A 5 days a week. I've no idea

> how much vit' A he SHOULD be getting. Vitamin E, he's only been having

> 7.5IU/day in his cold defense sup' which I know is not enough. Have

> bought a vitamin E sup' which contains 500IU natural E...how much E

> should he be getting/day?

> Thankyou in advance,......Donna.

Why only 5 days a week?

The C should be buffered, and should be divided into several smaller doses per

day.

The A is far too little, 10,000 to 25,000 IU daily is better. It can be once a

day and even

skip weekends if you want.

E is reasonable, 500 or 1,000 IU a day is fine, once a day is fine, skipping

every so often is

fine.

Some magnesium would also help. Divide it up like the C.

Andy

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