Note on Dietary Supplements

[nancy324]

The molasses thread reminded me of this.

I was told by both my nutritionist and my doctor to supplement my diet with calcium and vitamin D, and have been doing so for some time. I do not take any other supplements. I went for my annual check-up a few weeks ago and my doctor said there is too much iron in my blood, and that I should "stop taking any iron supplements". Since I wasn't taking any other supplements, I looked at what I was eating every day and realized that I usually eat one Lunabar each day (YUM :9 ). The Lunabar provides 30% of my MDR of iron. Of course, I stopped eating Lunabars.

The point of my post is that I realized that, if you're eating a good, healthy diet, most women probably don't need many supplements, especially the kind that build up in your system.

In general, I think I just wanted to say that it can be just as dangerous to take too much of a good thing as it is to not get enough of it. I know I plan to think twice before taking any supplement (or any food containing a supplement) in the future.

 

[deanie]

Nancy, good to know. I also try to eat right so I don't have to take supplements. I eat a cliff mojo bar everyday. I am now off to look at the info.
thanks,
Deanie

 

[kathryn]

>The point of my post is that I realized that, if you're eating
>a good, healthy diet, most women probably don't need many
>supplements, especially the kind that build up in your system.
>
>
>In general, I think I just wanted to say that it can be just
>as dangerous to take too much of a good thing as it is to not
>get enough of it. I know I plan to think twice before taking
>any supplement (or any food containing a supplement) in the
>future.

I was just thinking about this the other day, when I saw some 'vitamin water' in the grocery sthore: with so many foods nowdays supplemented---even water!--it's easy to get too much of some vitamins, especially fat-soluble ones like vitamin A.