Vitamins! Am wondering if I'm over doing or missing out on something?!?
A guy I knew for two weeks was a 69 year old man, He was in really good shape and took lots of vitamins @ day and nighttime, and even during the day I believe. From my perspective somebody who didnt take vitamins, I thought he was kinda crazy (nutcase), or just a real smart guy who knew what he was doing. He took alot of vitamins. I asked him what vitamins I should be taking. I'm a healthy young 21 year old who doesn't eat all I should do. I mean who can eat whats recommended? I can't eat veggies and good foods all day.
Long story short I asked him what I should be taking. I took his advice and went out and bought different vitamins. I've been taking them for about 13 days and I feel good.. my urine is really yellow sometimes. I thought thats either the excess vitamins or toxins being pee'd outta my body.
I hope people on here can either confirm or straighten me out. Please only post if you really know what your talking about or have personal experience yourself.
omega-3 fatty acids for maintenance of good health = Omega 3 fish oil > 1 night (1000 mg)
1 morning
Is a source of Vitamin ABeta Carotene > 1 morning (10,000 IU)
Helps maintain bone health and prevent osteoporosis = Calcium & Magnesium Citrate with D (250 mg/250mg/200 IU (5 mcg) 1:1ratio once in morning
contains different vitamins = B-50 Complex > once in morning
Promotes bone, dental health = Vitamin D > once in morning (1,000 IU) 25 mcg
once at night
A factor in the maintenance of good health = Vitamin C > once in morning (1,000 mg)
once at night
Supports Cholesterol Health = Lecithin (1,200 mg) > once in morning
Super Antioxidant Support = Vitamin E (400 IU) > once in morning
thanks guy cant wait for your responses! I want to confirm about what I'm doing and possible changes. I'm a recovering drug addict, thats why I'm interested in vitamins because I'm ready to live a healthy life. I'm going to begin a workout routine soon and been changing my eating habits.
Thanks for spending the time to read and respond!
bye guys Jason's signing off.
September 10th, 2010 - 14:30
I am 63 and I use to take a lot of supplements but have learned that the best nutrition comes from eating the proper diet and that nothing can replace doing that.
Many synthetic vitamins are useless and some may even be harmful causing stress on your body and possibly contributing to inflammatory conditions instead of helping. Still most people who take vitamins and other supplements won’t notice any ill effects. They are just wasting a lot of money.
Eating a high nutrient diet is the best and safest way to good health. Eat fruit for breakfast. Oatmeal is OK but limit grains consumed in a day. If eating fruit and vegetables during the day is not convenient at least keep an open mind and educate yourself on what you should be doing. Maybe you will find a way to make it work for you.
The book I recommend is Eat To Live. Many find it too difficult to follow. In that case try the book Eat For Health, both by Joel Fuhrman, MD and available through Yahoo! Shopping http://shopping.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AqQScWeQGiIiJ1c4LDm.WdVGDSoD?p=joel+fuhrman&did=7
The only supplements you may need are Vitamin D and B12 [if you were to choose to go 100% vegetarian which is not necessary]. DHA is important too so stick with the fish oil but better yet would be an algae derived DHA because fish oils are known to be rancid.
Eat all the vegetables you can especially the dark green leafy ones and eat at least 4 pieces of fruit a day.
September 10th, 2010 - 14:30
Hey , im a healthy 17 yr old man and i know this guy who is 60 and in the best shape ever . Theres no real trick to eating vitamins or anything , the best thing you can do is just be particular about what your eating like count how many calories you have in a day and carbohydrates . also taking a few vitamin tablets is perfectly fine . Also try and do at least about an hour of excercise every day such as : jogging and also walking and obviously eat as much fruit and vege as you can . I think its also important to watch what your drinking aswell so for example dont drink too many cups of tea cause of the milk and just drink lots of water and you should be very healthy :D .
peace out
Charlie
September 10th, 2010 - 14:30
yellow urine means you getting rid of b vitamins you didn’t use
September 10th, 2010 - 14:30
If you are eating a healthy, balanced diet, you shouldn’t need vitamin supplements at all. You should NEVER take more than your RDA of vitamins – they can be harmful if you take too much, some of them at quite low levels.
Yellow pee could mean that you have too much of something in your diet, such as betacarotene, or it could just mean that you’re not getting enough water.