Vitamins

[hippo's hope is HIM]

Hey!

Do you think it is good to take vitamins?

The ones I am thinking about include:

One A Day Weight Smart 32 mg EGCG Ephedra free.

And there is "Dona Maximum strength Crystalline Glucosamine Sulfate dietary supplement" To promote healthy cartilage, lubricate joints, support joint mobility and flexibility and to protect cartilage."

What do you think?

[stevehut]

I used to manage a health foods store, so I know a little something about this stuff.

All of the things you mentioned are good for you. But they can also be very expensive. Try to find the off-brands, they're almost always just as good. Or buy someplace cheap like Wal-Mart.

[Dad Ernie]

Greetings Hippo...

It used to be that we had locally grown food sources that were produced in good soil without additives and the crops were switched around to maintain good soil for the next crop. Animals were not given hormones or genetically engineered (same with crops). Soil nutrients have dropped dramatically as superlarge mega farms are run by industries, not necessarily by some lone farmer.

Ideally we would all live in small farm communities, perhaps like the Minonites and there we might find communal help and a trade mentality.

I do not believe God has any problem with us taking vitamins. It is written: "It is not what goes into a man, but what comes out of his mouth, for what comes out of his mouth proceeds from his heart. This is what God is interested in. I am sure he sorrows greatly how corrupt this world has become and how we have taken a perfectly good world and turned it upside down for the sake of "the love of money".

I would go with my conscience. If the Lord is impressing you NOT take vitamins, then by all means be obedient. But we know that "according to your faith be it unto you."

Blessings,

Dad Ernie

[Guest RN2B]

As a nursing student I've got some opinions about vitamins. I would first find out how much of which kinds of vitamins I should be taking (talk to your doctor, check out some nutrition websites) then find a vitamin that will give you what you need. Because unfortunaly vitamins aren't something your body can really stock up on. If you have to much of a vitamin the excess simply gets flushed out of your system. So you end up spending money on something your body isn't even using.

Just a little cautionary statment. But other than that, I don't think their is anything spiritually wrong with vitamins.

[IslandRose]

I, too, suggest you talk to your doctor. There are some things that you can get too much of that can be detrimental to your health.

Both of my daughters have a pale look to them, and at first glance a couple of doctors have told them to start taking iron pills or vitamins with iron. We now have learned to have them do a blood test, because they both have VERY high iron counts. The doctors have told them both to never get on iron without a blood test because their iron count is so high that additional iron would do more harm than good. Even when Melody was pregnant, she was told to stay off iron.

A good doctor will run tests to see what vitamins would be best for you if any.

IR

[stevehut]

In my experience (extensive), most doctors don't know a thing about nutrition or vitamins. They're trained to recommend drugs , not natural or nutritional remedies. So asking a doc won't help, in most cases.

[apothanein kerdos]

You can talk to a doctor about it.

Personally, I won't take vitamins. The reason for that is that they're basically suplimentals. For me at a relatively young age it's stupid to take suplimentals when I don't need them. I mean, if I eat right and excersize, I don't need them. I remember reading somewhere that your body can actually develope a dependency upon them.

However, I think when you're younger and still growing, or older and your body can't handle the excersize, or you have something wrong in your system, vitamins are perfect.

[Guest Thomas I believe]

Hi Beth, I once in a while I rely on vitamin supplements to keep me healthy during busy weeks when i know my food intake may be sparse. I also supplement my diet with vitamin c tabs during the winter to keep the bugs away. I am not an expert on vitamins at all and the best place to get them is in a healthy balanced diet. But for those who can' tolerate a lot of fruits and vegetables a supplement may be needed. As far as minerals go I am not sure how we get those through our diet regularly, but i know they exsist in foods. I would just caution you to check everything out before you purchase any as some cost a lot and don't do everything they claim them to do.

In His Peace, Michael

Edited November 1, 2004 by Thomas I beleive