Not So Good For You Afterall...

Thanks for sharing this! I'm kinda torn on this issue. I'm kinda against synthetic stuff in general. Why pay someone to give me something artificial when theres plenty of god(dess) given natural nutrients in nature. I think the biggest problem is that most people simply don't eat healthy. I have to admit that I've been one of those fast food addicts, and when you really think about it, theres nothing in that crap but fat. I'm now eating a LOT healthier and I feel healthier too. Eating fast food crap just feels like crap. So I know I'm getting the nutrients that I need from the natural stuff. As a result of my fast food days I've had a fight with blood pressure and cholesterol. (and I'm pretty young for dealing with that) I'd been taking medicine for both of those, but the side effects were just plain awful. So I started looking into natural remedies. I mean, after all "garbage in garbage out" It's really about what you put in. So I've been adding flaxseed meal (all natural) to my meals, and I've been eating extra beets (I didn't realize I liked beets, lol - i used to hate them), to counter my cholesterol and high blood pressure. I can tell you that my blood pressure is back down to normal. I still need to go do the blood work on my cholesterol to see how thats working. I do know that as far as water soluble vitamins go, I'd heard that you pretty much just "flush the excess out". Makes for some very expensive urine. LOL. As far as the oil based vitamins, A, E, etc., excess of that sets into your fat, and that just can't be good. Another reason to lose weight, to get rid of toxins that have been stored in that fat. yuck! Now, I do think it's important to pay attention to what you're eating and if you're not getting something, to supplement it somehow, but I'm all about supplementing with *natural* sources if at all possible and avoid synthetics as much as possible. Anyways, thanks for this article! :)

I never take the things at all. I remember being forced to take them as a child and that stuff my Dad gave me made me physically gag and I am pretty sure it did nowt for me. I remember also a doctor advising giving one of my sons some tonic for something or other and I did because the doc said so. It did nothing for him it was just a big waste of money. Then my hubby was yapping on about vitamins and supplements, he was going to buy big tubs of this and that and take them, I said "what for" they are just rubbish, and they are expensive. Anyway not long after there was this big thing on it all on tele that said how bad they actually were and had been found to shorten life rather than lengthen it. I never heard hubby mention them again.

Hi Tessah I'm one for eating good food there are one or two that my doctor prescribed for me but they are ok-but I do have a friend that takes 20 vitamin tablets a day that really shocked me when I found out but it his choice after all the fact is though he does eat good food as well his doctor even says that he is in good health for his age (he's 62)-so he must be doing something right lol-your friend littleowl

I only take multivitamins or extra vitamin C when I feel sick or I know something is going around that I think I have been exposed to. I'm glad now, after reading your post, that I haven't been all that religious about taking them all the time. Nothing really can replace good eating habits anyway. People are just always looking for a quick fix so they can be lazy. And it explains how some people that think they are doing all the right things by taking so many vitamins have turned up sick or with cancer, too.

From most of the studies I've done and courses I've taken, the problem with daily multi-vitamin supplements, even the natural ones, is that they supply your body vitamins and minerals supposedly in the ratio that your body needs them. That would be great except that the food you eat also provides vitamins and minerals and probably upsets the balance built into the multi-vitamin. It's really best to know what you're lacking in and eat more foods containing those nutrients. I've never been much of a pill popper. I like to drink a variety of herbal teas in addition to eating a wide variety of veggies and fruits. Since many of the nutrients that can lead to disease are only needed in trace amounts, they can easily be found in herbal teas. The herbal teas also provide many other nutrients. Of course you can find most herbs in capsule form, but the tea ritual, even though I'm not British, is a time to wind down, calm down, and revitalize. These things are missing in the hectic pace of our modern lives and we seek to make up for them by popping another pill to give us the energy to go a few more hours, further damaging every system of our body. Wow, whatta rant. Sorry I strayed a little from the topic.