Frequency of taking supplements

I take alot of vitamin and mineral supplements, but I'm on a budget and
need to stretch them out. What's the better choice, healthwise?

A. Take a full dose of all supplements every other day.

B. Take a half dose of all supplements every day.

Thanks.

wrote:
I take alot of vitamin and mineral supplements, but I'm on a budget
and
need to stretch them out. What's the better choice, healthwise?

A. Take a full dose of all supplements every other day.

B. Take a half dose of all supplements every day.

B.

Due to the water soluble nutrients.

And get a second job, to afford more supplements. What are you? Lazy?



David

wrote:
I take alot of vitamin and mineral supplements, but I'm on a budget
and need to stretch them out. What's the better choice, healthwise?

A. Take a full dose of all supplements every other day.

B. Take a half dose of all supplements every day.

Eat a normal diet and forego the supplements?

"T" nospamthanks@nowhere wrote in message
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wrote:
I take alot of vitamin and mineral supplements, but I'm on a budget
and need to stretch them out. What's the better choice, healthwise?

A. Take a full dose of all supplements every other day.

B. Take a half dose of all supplements every day.

Eat a normal diet and forego the supplements?





Who told you to take them?

T wrote:
Eat a normal diet and forego the supplements?

This guy is one of those dorks who thinks because you get colored
urine, that the vitamins don't do any good. Well he's a fool. Proof you
ask? Ok. Take Glucosamine Chondroitin, and it will similarly color your
urine, but you still get the full effects of the supplements within.
Because you get discolored urine doesn't mean the supplement hasn't
done its job. I believe the discoloration is the excess your body
doesn't need, or the waste left over from your body processing it.
whew This non-troll stuff is tough, back to normal mode.

"T" nospamthanks@nowhere wrote in message
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wrote:
I take alot of vitamin and mineral supplements, but I'm on a budget
and need to stretch them out. What's the better choice, healthwise?

A. Take a full dose of all supplements every other day.

B. Take a half dose of all supplements every day.

Eat a normal diet and forego the supplements?

Better yet, eat a healthy diet and forego the supplements.

Jeff

Scorn B Woe wrote:

T wrote:

Eat a normal diet and forego the supplements?


This guy is one of those dorks who thinks because you get colored
urine, that the vitamins don't do any good.

Or maybe he knows that a nonnatural supplement is nowhere near as
beneficial as it would be naturally occurring in the correct proportions
in real food?

mjoann

mjoann wrote:
Scorn B Woe wrote:

T wrote:

Eat a normal diet and forego the supplements?


This guy is one of those dorks who thinks because you get colored
urine, that the vitamins don't do any good.

Or maybe he knows that a nonnatural supplement is nowhere near as
beneficial as it would be naturally occurring in the correct
proportions
in real food?

mjoann

I'm counting calories to lose weight. And it's working. Eating with a
500 calorie deficit per day, being 45 y/o, and exercising alot, (cardio
and weights) it's difficult or impossible for me to meet my nutritional
requirements through food alone. Hence the reason I'm taking
supplements.

For those who take the position that supplements are unnecessary,
that's your prerogative. Maybe I'll take that debate up with you in
another thread sometime in then future and learn something. But for now
I plan on continuing to take them. So I'd like to hear from the "pro
supplement" crowd and see if there's a simple answer to my question.
Which choice is the better one, A or B? Thanks.

On 2 Apr 2005 07:03:53 -0800, wrote:

A. Take a full dose of all supplements every other day.

B. Take a half dose of all supplements every day.

Eat fruits, vegetables and other stuff naturally containing them. Or
grow themselves and freeze down what you do not eat daily

Even in a balcony and windowsill you may grow lot of healthy
vegetables

Alf Christophersen wrote:
On 2 Apr 2005 07:03:53 -0800, wrote:

A. Take a full dose of all supplements every other day.

B. Take a half dose of all supplements every day.

Eat fruits, vegetables and other stuff naturally containing them. Or
grow themselves and freeze down what you do not eat daily

Even in a balcony and windowsill you may grow lot of healthy
vegetables

Maybe if you grow them yourself, but realistically not many people can
do that. Thru overfarming/soil erosion we have lost alot of nutrients
in our agriculture so supplementing with daily vitamins is just
covering all your nutritional needs IMHO. The OP mentions running a
caloric deficit,stressing his body/exercising and being a proponent of
vitamin supplementation, he didnt ask about foods, so no one really
answered his question. I would ask him what is he currently
taking/why/and to make sure he is not duplicating ingredients in his
current product choices because that is where you waste money.
Most vitamin and or mineral supplementation depends on daily doses,
spread out thruout the day, with or without food, and you reap the
benefits over time. Its like mutual funds for your body. A longterm
investment. Taking them every other day doesnt do that, neither does
taking 1/2 of them every day. You may just need to trim down what you
want to take versus what you can afford and add in the extras when you
have the cash. Shop around for the best quality and prices too.


joni