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Do vitamin supplements work?

  • 20-08-2013 10:06PM
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    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭


    Or are they all scams and its all in the mind?

    And if they are all fake how do Seven Seas etc get away with it?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,732 ✭✭✭Toby Take a Bow


    IvaBigWun wrote: »
    Or are they all scams and its all in the mind?

    And if they are all fake how do Seven Seas etc get away with it?

    Vitamins work. Vitamin supplements I would be more suspicious of.


  • Posts: 53,068 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Ideally you should get most vitamins from your diet rather than supplements, except vitamin D - we should really all be taking that.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,368 ✭✭✭IvaBigWun


    Title fixed. Meant supplements.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,295 ✭✭✭Joe10000


    You should at least check the spelling of what you're taking never mind the contents.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,595 ✭✭✭adam88


    IvaBigWun wrote: »
    Title fixed. Meant supplements.

    What's the difference. I take berroca. Us that a supplement ??


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭dd972


    I get a headache anytime I try Omega3 or Cod Liver Oil tablets, taken Centrums for years, no idea of their effects good or bad though, haven't taken them for nearly a year and feel no different.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,335 ✭✭✭wendell borton


    Berocca makes my pee look radioactive, so in that respect yes it does.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,646 ✭✭✭✭Sauve


    adam88 wrote: »
    What's the difference. I take berroca. Us that a supplement ??

    Yep, sure is.
    A supplement it something extra to your regular diet.
    So you (should) get most or all of what you need from your diet, but you can take a supplement to top up your vitamin/mineral levels.


  • Posts: 6,321 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I take 2500 mgs of primrose evening oil, fecking great for the skin.
    I take Vitam D sups, cod liver oil with Omega three.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,407 ✭✭✭lkionm


    These ones have cocaine in them


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,635 ✭✭✭Pumpkinseeds


    Ideally you should get most vitamins from your diet rather than supplements, except vitamin D - we should really all be taking that.
    I saw a dermatologist on some afternoon show talking about vitamin D, I can't remember what the dosage she recommended was but I remember being shocked at how high it was, def much higher than the dose on the bottle. I'll take her word for it though.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,635 ✭✭✭Pumpkinseeds


    On a seperate note, it's really annoying trying to find a good veggie friendly supplement. I can't take the better ones like pharmaton etc as they all have gelatin in them. Thank God for Lidl sweets, at least some of theirs don't have pork or beef in them:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,848 ✭✭✭bleg


    No. They're actually bad for you.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,414 ✭✭✭kraggy


    On a seperate note, it's really annoying trying to find a good veggie friendly supplement. I can't take the better ones like pharmaton etc as they all have gelatin in them. Thank God for Lidl sweets, at least some of theirs don't have pork or beef in them:D

    Berroca are vegan. No film coating. They're effervescent.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,635 ✭✭✭Pumpkinseeds


    kraggy wrote: »
    Berroca are vegan. No film coating. They're effervescent.
    Yeah, vitamin C goes right through me though:o


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,646 ✭✭✭✭Sauve


    bleg wrote: »
    No. They're actually bad for you.

    How so?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 341 ✭✭Shout Dust


    I take fish oil supplements, don't know if they do me any good or bad, haven't noticed any difference, some study said they give an increased chance of testicular cancer. If I'm doing something strenuous or going heavy on the beer I usually take a multivitamin beforehand, I find it helps.

    Some studies have said taking vitamins can shorten your life and increase cancer, think they were testing subjects using large doses of each vitamin. The theory was that too much antioxidants in your system is bad, that oxidation isn't actually as bad as companies would have you believe and is actually required to destroy cancer and other harmful cells


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,060 ✭✭✭✭biko


    A varied diet is all you need really.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,339 ✭✭✭Artful_Badger


    I remember looking into it before and from what I gathered most people are lacking in one thing or another. Most of whats in those multi vitamins isnt needed or not needed at the levels thats in them by most people but you take what ya need and it fills in the gaps.


  • Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 4,622 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr. G


    biko wrote: »
    A varied diet is all you need really.

    That's what I would have thought.

    There's a lot of crap on the internet. Cancer has been "linked" to almost everything believe it or not.


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  • Moderators, Education Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 12,551 Mod ✭✭✭✭byhookorbycrook


    biko wrote: »
    A varied diet is all you need really.
    I disagree, so much of our food has been in cold storage/travelled thousands of miles/loses a lot in the cooking etc. I take vit D/B and Omega oils, as suggested by GP as I have MS and all three are thought to play a role.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,908 ✭✭✭JJayoo


    Vit D3, Omega 3, Vitamin C, Curcumin


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭gg2


    I was taking a vit b complex there for a while, my pee went the most unnatural colour I've ever seen!! Gave the goat up on that!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,826 ✭✭✭rizzee


    Multivitamins and omega 3, protein with extra multivitamins 5/6 days a week


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 69 ✭✭numnumcake


    Apparently too many vitamins are just as bad as not enough so it's hard to call. I do take an iron supplement but I wouldn't take it everyday and I wouldn't take any other vitamins or minerals unless my doctor thought I should.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 980 ✭✭✭Freddy Smelly


    Jake1 wrote: »
    I take 2500 mgs of primrose evening oil, fecking great for the skin.
    I take Vitam D sups, cod liver oil with Omega three.

    omega 3 actually increases the risk of prostate cancer in men

    http://www.cancer.org/cancer/news/omega-3-fatty-acids-linked-to-increase-in-prostate-cancer-risk


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11,255 ✭✭✭✭Esoteric_


    I get vitamin B12 injections because my body doesn't absorb B12, but that's it. The rest of my vitamins come from what I eat. That said, I haven't been bothered getting my B12 injections done for over a year now and it hasn't made a blind bit of difference. Apparently without it, you get really fatigued. Haven't noticed it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭pauliebdub


    IvaBigWun wrote: »
    Or are they all scams and its all in the mind?

    And if they are all fake how do Seven Seas etc get away with it?

    They seem to work for me, multivitimins that is. I find that my immune system is a lot stronger and i'm not picking up any colds.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,639 ✭✭✭Teyla Emmagan


    I take vitamin D. The absolutely massive dose ones.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,032 ✭✭✭McTigs


    A good balanced diet should negate the need for supplements.

    A bit of research will tell you where to get all you need from real food ie fish , meat, eggs, veg, fruit, nuts, seeds etc. Reduce processed food to none if possible (i allow myself dark chocolate and sausages and gluten free pasta).

    More benificial than supplements would be a food intollerance test. I gave up gluten and dairy earlier this year and i've never felt as good.


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