Posted by utopizen on December 1, 2002, at 12:14:06
In reply to Re: white spots on nails » Larry Hoover, posted by IsoM on November 29, 2002, at 12:10:04
> It can be tricky when people supplement their diets with extra vitamins & minerals.
>I wouldn't take specific vitamins unless your doctor tells you have deficiencies in them already (rather than taking them because you heard it is healthy... ever think you might already get a sufficient amount?)
I've always been healthy, not sick for 5 years, and that was just during a week with a kid in my team who gave something to everyone...
I'm vegan, and have been lucky enough to have acne, because of that I took Accutane, which required 5 straight months of extensive blood tests, where I could track things like anemia, cholesterol, etc. I have a cholesterol of 129, which guarantees I will never have a heart attack (no reported cases under 150, ever).
So I take an Iron (Feosol, I'm a sucker for SK&B's OTC brand), Vitamin E (for skin, poor circulation... although skin hasn't been proven, it also hasn't been disproven) Vitamin C for whenever my throat is feeling warm (for some reason that's the worst I get sickness-wise) and a B-100 complex for my nerves, and because I'm vegan.
I wouldn't suggest anyone take specific vitamins unless they have had blood testing on their nutrients and report a deficiency. Multi-days are fine, and so is nothing at all, provided one has a balanced diet and eats regularly.
Of course eating is hard for me, with H. Pylori in my stomach still. But I finally got this diagnosed, and in a few more days will get treatment for it... I'll miss this dull, gnawing pain someday. Apparently 1 out of 10 people get it. I've had it for years but never mentioned to my doctor my problem, and I just happened to find a quack who felt like testing my blood for everything he could. Sometimes quacks are all right, you know... =)
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