Roker said:

vitamin c - 4grams a day
A and E - 1 a day
magnesium - 1 a day (might give you the shits though it will reduce anxiety and general nervousness)
B vitamin complex - 1 a day
A good multi-vitamin a couple of times a week

fresh fruit and vegetables every day

0 soft drinks every day

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wellage said:

If you eat a varied diet, I really don't think you need to supplement vitamins/minerals.

They are good to have around for when you know you won't be in control of your diet, but if you eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables (of lots of different colors) every day, you will be receiving plenty of what you need.

I guess if you have the money you can go ahead and eat that stuff every day, but I think it's a waste!

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fazdazzle said:

Roker said:

vitamin c - 4grams a day
A and E - 1 a day
magnesium - 1 a day (might give you the shits though it will reduce anxiety and general nervousness)
B vitamin complex - 1 a day
A good multi-vitamin a couple of times a week

fresh fruit and vegetables every day

0 soft drinks every day

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How did you come upon this compilation of vits, if you don't mind sharing?

wellage said:

If you eat a varied diet, I really don't think you need to supplement vitamins/minerals.

They are good to have around for when you know you won't be in control of your diet, but if you eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables (of lots of different colors) every day, you will be receiving plenty of what you need.

I guess if you have the money you can go ahead and eat that stuff every day, but I think it's a waste!

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I think this is true to a certain extent, but in order to get *everything* I think we would have to be eating an extremely varied diet. I might have not have had an ideal diet, but a couple years ago when I started eating multivitamins, I didn't have a crappy diet and taking multivitamins basically resurrected me. For all intents and purposes I "woke up" after eating vits.

This is the multi I use:

http://www.iherb.com/Now-Foods-Adam-Superior-Men-s-Multi-120-Tablets/380?at=0

I take two multi's a day and four of these:

http://www.iherb.com/Natural-Factors-RxOmega-3-Factors-Pharmaceutical-Grade-120-Softgels/2717?at=0

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glshemp said:

I think we're finding more and more that pill vitamins are not as good as real food vitamins.  Maybe even useless compared to real sources.

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Roker said:

fazdazzle said:

Roker said:

vitamin c - 4grams a day
A and E - 1 a day
magnesium - 1 a day (might give you the shits though it will reduce anxiety and general nervousness)
B vitamin complex - 1 a day
A good multi-vitamin a couple of times a week

fresh fruit and vegetables every day

0 soft drinks every day

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How did you come upon this compilation of vits, if you don't mind sharing?

wellage said:

If you eat a varied diet, I really don't think you need to supplement vitamins/minerals.

They are good to have around for when you know you won't be in control of your diet, but if you eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables (of lots of different colors) every day, you will be receiving plenty of what you need.

I guess if you have the money you can go ahead and eat that stuff every day, but I think it's a waste!

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I think this is true to a certain extent, but in order to get *everything* I think we would have to be eating an extremely varied diet. I might have not have had an ideal diet, but a couple years ago when I started eating multivitamins, I didn't have a crappy diet and taking multivitamins basically resurrected me. For all intents and purposes I "woke up" after eating vits.

This is the multi I use:

http://www.iherb.com/Now-Foods-Adam-Superior-Men-s-Multi-120-Tablets/380?at=0

I take two multi's a day and four of these:

http://www.iherb.com/Natural-Factors-RxOmega-3-Factors-Pharmaceutical-Grade-120-Softgels/2717?at=0

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read anything by Linus Pauling (nobel prize winner - chemistry and peace) for info on vitamin C. It keeps the arteries supple and reduces arterial plaque. Most Heart disease is low level scurvy.

Vitamin A gives you good skin. Vitamin e is an excellent anti-oxidant.

Magnesium because the majority of people are deficient in this essential element and it has huge importance in the bodies metabolism.

Much of the food that is available is nutrient poor (you can google this, the FDA have tables that show the steady decline in available nutrients in food over the last 60 years).

A good quality multi-vitamin is gold. Don't believe the hype about them being a waste of money. There are numerous double blind studies on multi-vitamins and they will keep you healthier. Most of the anti vitamin propaganda comes from organisations that are subsidised by big Pharma. These bastards have no desire to see a healthy, drug-free population!

If you take nothing else, keep taking a good multi-vitamin!

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