To the vms crowd, you may want to read this before taking all those supplements

Vicki · Apr 23, 2015

hmmm not sure I can promise you that.. they are magically delicious

KennedyLane · May 31, 2015

John of Ohio said:

Let's now actually see the double-blind clinical affirmations of all of this. (There will be none.)

Mentioned "vitamin E." Yep, cheap, common dl-alfa form is unrecognized by the body, as there is no natural dl-alpha forms of this molecule in real foods or in the body naturally. Bad stuff. Avoid it. Take a d- form mixed-tocopherol of "vitamin E." (That won't be mentioned, of course. The studies that showed health harm from “vitamin E” all used or examined the unnatural, artificial, synthetic dl-alpha form. Extremely bad science.)

The excessive "folic acid" issue is an old one. Again, wrong stuff to take. Good multi-vitamins don't have this.

Of course, those who are certain that allopathic medicine knows all and has all the answers will throw away any VMSs they are taking (Well, no. In fear and certitude, they don't take any vitamins, minerals, or supplements to start with.)

The contention that one can get all required nutrients from "good food" is ludicrous. I could go on for pages on this, but will just clearly ask for someone, perhaps a certified dietician or physician, to write out a one-week, seven-day, three meals a day menu that a) provides all of the known or nutrients recommended by modern medicine, b) can be feasibly prepared in a modern household, c) from foods available in conventional grocery stores, and d) is tasty, palatable, and eaten by all members of a family, from toddlers to antiquarians.

No such wonderful and health-giving diet has ever been prepared, to my knowledge.

And, therein is the major problem. It’s easy, even gratifying (for some, anyway), to cut down and castigate particular medical protocols or recommendations. The authors of this bit of medical propaganda have done this with projected expertise and authority.

But unless one can present a viable solution to the problem that has been attacked, the attack is mere hot air. The authors, lamely, proposed eating “good food” to solve the problem. But they provide no listing of what such foods and a diet with them might be. Is that professional (or even possible)?

The reading audience, then, is allowed to think that any or all modern foods are healthful, untainted with carcinogenic vitamins, minerals, or supplements. Let’s see, should it be Pepsi or Coca-cola? Probably a “fruit drink” would be better, of course.

--John of Ohio
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Just a couple of thoughts. Physicians, by and large, know very little about nutrition and even less about menu planning. Also, dietitians (with a "t" not at "c") are known as Registered Dietitians, not Certified. Finally, my suggestion is to plan a way of eating that includes a variety of food. And, how do we know that the optimal serum "vitamin" D level is to be greater than 50 year-round. Perhaps the body is designed for serum levels to fluctuate through-out the year depending on the sun's angle. Too many unknowns, in my book, to suggest that most people pop a daily vitamin/mineral supplement. Just a couple of anecdotal stories: I remember, back in the day, reading an article written by a well-known cardiologist. He said that Vit E and Vit A supplementation was critical to everyone. Well look how that turned out. And what about the millions of little old ladies (and others, of course) knocking back calcium supplements year after year because they're good for the bones. I wonder how much calcium deposition they now have in blood vessels. The problem with vitamin and mineral supplementation is that we don't know what we don't know.

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