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carlsodj

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Is This Vitamin Combo Ok 2x/day???
Posted: 10-20-07 14:10pm

Hi all, I've been taking the following vitamins twice a day for the last several years. I just want to make sure that I'm not causing any potential problems. I'm not taking them for any specific reason, and it's more of a habit now than anything. Thanks.

Multi-Vitamin
Vitamin C
Vitamin B12
Vitamin E
Flaxseed Oil

FYI: I'm a healthy 26 year old male; I work-out 5X/week.
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carlsodj

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Posted: 10-23-07 17:11pm

No one is gonna take a shot at this?
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JsEZhealth

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Posted: 10-26-07 16:40pm

Healthy 26 year old, work out.

I would suggest 1 time a day for all those.
you eat healthy too right?
=)
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carlsodj

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Posted: 10-26-07 16:56pm

I eat fairly healthy, especially during the week. On the weekends I don't workout and my diet slides down-hill.
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JsEZhealth

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Posted: 10-30-07 15:26pm

You should be in pretty good shape still.
if you don't feel as great after, you can always go back to the routine of twice a day. =)
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Mikolas

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Posted: 11-07-07 18:01pm

So you don't know why you are taking them, just taking them out of habit? Are you aware what those vitamins do? Or how much intake is necessary, and how much is considered toxic? What does your multivitamin contain, and why are you just taking those specific vitamins?
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carlsodj

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Posted: 11-07-07 18:13pm

I was instructed by my strength/conditioning coach to take them years ago, and took his word on it.
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Mikolas

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Posted: 11-07-07 23:37pm

Heh, a bit of advice from me, don't just follow somebody just because they are seemingly superior in a field of knowledge/interest without doing some research yourself first. What is the point of taking Vitamin E if you don't know its effects? What does Vitamin C do? Or Vitamin B12?

Typically, one should NOT have a need to take supplemental vitamins if they have a healthy diet. It is recommended because Americans generally can't take care of themselves in terms of health.

Kind of embarrassing to be a parrot. "Hey, I'm a pretty healthy guy, I take multivitamins like Vitamin E" "Oh really, that sounds cool, what does Vitamin E do?" "Uuh.... I don't know I just take it because its a vitamin and my coach said so". The value of what we do means so little if we don't know what to make of it =)

Allow me to teach you something today
Vitamin C: It is not essential for life, as in a vital nutrient, but it is has many useful functions. It is a potent antioxidant (which assists in preventing cell based diseases by reacting with free radicals [highly reactive molecules caused by oxidation that can cause cancer]) by protecting the water areas of the body and regenerates Vitamin E (another antioxidant). It;s functions are also used for immune function (this is something the public generally knows), this vitamin is used up during infections and needs to be replenished. It also assists in protecting the longs (higher intake for smokers thus, is ideal). It also assists in skin/blood vessel health. Additionally it assists in producing a stress hormone, it assists in detoxifying the liver, and increases iron absorption.

Note: Iron absorption, iron is not needed much by men because we do not lose much, it can be toxic to have too much. Women however, because of their periods/menstruation cycles and when they conceive children, need higher concentrations. Thus, for men, if you know you have do intake iron regularly in your diet (8 mg is recommended per day for men), make sure to take multivitamins that do not give you iron. Women, need about 18 mg. Since (as mentioned above on Vitamin C) Vitamin C assists in iron absorption, be sure to drink orange juice (not tea, not coffee, they can actually reduce iron absorption) to get the most out of your iron supplements.

Vitamin E is an antioxidant for lipids (fat) in the body (protecting the cell membrane in cells), deficiency in it can lead to anemia (fragile blood cells). It may also assist in increasing blood flow in the elderly.

B12, quite important, heavily correlated to anemia. It's functions include Folate metabolism(folate is a coenzyme that assists in amino acid metabolism and DNA synthesis), amino acid metabolism, energy metabolism and hormone production. Another interesting fact, particularly one that Pernicious Anemic people should be aware of, is that B12 intake will cause your saliva to produce r-protein, which enhances effectiveness of B12 by coating it and thus preventing it to break down in the stomach. This r-protein/B12 complex would then cause the stomach to produce an absorption factor known as intrinsic factor that helps assist with B12 break down. A lack of B12 can likely cause anemia, so anybody who has a good intake of B12 vitamins but are still anemic, may have a lack of intrinsic factor being produced.
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