My wife and I both participate in a multivitamin study conducted by Dr. Kenneth Cooper. I feel comfortable taking these because I believe in the institution behind it. Its pretty hard to find a more credible organization than the Cooper Clinic. I believe the pills themselves to be of outstanding quality too. Dr. Cooper is doing a massive study in association with several high profile clinics that would indicate that a correct vitamin level will significantly decrease heart attack and strokes, especially in compulsive athletes. There is a wide body of study to support this, he is now trying to prove it.
The vitamin industry is not impressed because most of what Dr. Cooper finds to be missing from a persons life style is easily corrected by diet changes. Personally, I haven’t noticed much difference. But my wife, who had high cholesterol problems, had a very significant lowering of her cholesterol in the first three months. And, she claims her fingernails are less brittle. Although I can’t say that I got a PR because of vitamins and so on, I am convinced that overall I am in better shape. I haven’t had a cold since I started the program 6 months ago.
Since they seem to improve my overall body conditioning I am sure it has some effect on my competition as well. I’ve been taking GNC’s Men’s Mega (or is it Mega Men’s?) multi-vitimins and minerals since May and have definitely noticed that I feel better/stronger/peppier since I started. I’ve been setting PRs all year, but think the vitamins may only be a little part of this. I had always pooh-poohed taking vitamins, going with the line that a good diet would supply everything I need. But then a top runner in our running club chewed me out for not taking a multi-vitamin, especially when training for Ironman. He contended that giving the heavy training I was certainly not getting everything I need from my diet.
I thought about it, and recognized that my diet was not what it should be and that multi-vitamin would not “hurt” in any case, according to what I could find in the literature. (My reading suggested that vitamins from food might be somehow better than vitamins from a pill–but that vitamins from a pill were better than not getting them at all.) I am no lover of pills, nor do I have any interest in “health foods” (though, I do eat “healthy”). Given this, I take a “Muti” and an additional C, plus: Chromium Picolinate, and Siberian Ginseng. My experience is that I have far fewer colds, during IM training/racing when I keep up on my vitamins. Some may dispute my claims with credible evidence, but I have gone back and forth – vitamins, no vitamins – the difference has been a cold.
I think that I will buy some and see how it goes for the first bottle. She is somewhat of a finiky(sp) eater. Her most favorite foods are mashed potatoes and gravy (grandmas), hot dogs, pickles, and olives. That is just off the top of my head. I am sure there are at least a few more. She also is a snacker. I’d love to have the healthy snacks around the house more often for her, but produce is so expensive. When she gets home from school she thinks she needs to eat and eat until she is full. I keep reminding her that it is just to get her by until dinner. It sounds like if your dd doesn’t eat enough meats and fruits that you should either giver her supplements, or make sure that she eats a better diet.
Want to save health care dollars? Give vitamins to the elderly, a study published on Thursday suggests. The study, done on behalf of Wyeth Consumer Health by health care consultant The Lewin Group, finds that vitamins could improve overall health, making elderly people less likely to need drugs or hospital care. “The Lewin Group study found that daily use of a multivitamin by older adults is a relatively inexpensive yet potentially powerful way to improve one’s health,” Lewin said in the report.
I have received inquiries regarding where to Lady’s Slipper from several people. I am sorry to report that I have had as much trouble as all of you in locating. The one time I have found it was at a vitamin wholesale outlet one hour outside of the city I live in. They, at that time, only had two bottles, which I purchased. I have since inquired as to when they could order more. I was told they only purchase in bulk when the prices are at the lowest. I have not found it in capsule form since. I have heard of it in root form however, which I believe can be ground or cooked for tea.
I haven’t seen the original posting, but the part about flouride struck me because I have been discussing flouride with a poster from another ng. I for one didn’t know that some baby vitamins contain flouride. I’m not giving my child vitamins at this time but he does drink nursery water, which has flouride in it. IMHO it’s really important to make sure that our children are not getting flouride from more than one source (*either* water *or* vitamins *or* a tiny bit of toothpaste when they are old enough not to swallow it), because of the immediate risk of poisoning and because of the possible effects over the long term.
High doses of vitamins may help slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. That’s the finding of a pilot study in the March/April issue of the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. Researchers at the Georgetown University Medical Center’s Memory Disorders Program found high-dose vitamins reduce levels of the amino acid homocysteine in people with Alzheimer’s. Previous research has found a link between homocysteine and the mind-robbing disease. The Georgetown University researchers are now leading a 40-center therapeutic trial to determine whether three common vitamins — folic acid, B12 and B6 — can decelerate Alzheimer’s.
Treatment is simple, inexpensive, and safe. The first step is to rid the body of excess iron. The process is called phlebotomy, which means removing blood. Depending on how severe the iron overload is, a pint of blood will be taken once or twice a week for several months to a year, and occasionally longer. Joint pain is the most common complaint of people with hemochromatosis. Other common symptoms include fatigue, lack of energy, abdominal pain, loss of sex drive, and heart problems. Symptoms tend to occur in men between the ages of 30 and 50 and in women over age 50.
Have you tried adding lots of acidic organic matter (rotting pine needles) and flowers of sulfur to plots where you are having problems with unavailable nutrients? I doubt that your soil has a deficiency, more an unavailability due to high pH. The micronutrients are likely to be there, just unavailable due to insolubility at that high pH Agreed in broad-acre plantings. If you get a good price for the produce and you have no alternative soil nearby, then foliar spraying may be economically feasible – just not the BEST way.
