Posted by novelagent on August 11, 2012, at 22:40:00
In reply to Re: Supplements, posted by jono_in_adelaide on August 11, 2012, at 20:25:37
>Iodine, selenium, zinc, folate, vitamin e, and iron for women are all marginal in the average western diet - a cheap one a day type vitamin can fill in these gaps.
>I think you're thinking of the Eastern diet relative to the Western diet, if that's even true, because the Western diet is known to have excessive amounts of iron from eating excessive amounts of red meat. Again, your lifespan will shorten if you take excessive amounts of certain minerals, and with certain minerals, the average American likely takes too much of.
Hypochondriacs all like to talk themselves into thinking they have anemia, but the reality is there's a huge difference between the low energy levels associated with depression and those associated with genuine lethargy. I do advise taking a high-potency sublingual B-12, however, since the body is capable of excreting excess doses of that. Short of menstration intervals, the body has no way of rapidly excreting iron, even if you're a woman (a month is a long time).
You mean well, but you're giving advice that is steering people towards taking things associated with early death, as in the case of multivitamins.
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