Supplement and Vitamins ....too much?

I am trying to sort myself out and after reading up on nutrition I have started taking some supplements. It seems like I need a pill for everything but at the moment I am taking:


Iron


5-HTP (50mg)


Co Q10


Perfectil (Hair,Skin %26amp; Nails)


Evening Primrose Oil (3000mg)


Vit E


Vit C 1000mg


MSM 1000mg


B Vit Complex


Chromium


Ginseng


Ginkgo biloba


Hyaluronic Acid 50mg


Flaxseed Oil 2 tbsps


I also have some other things that I take but not everyday, green food powder, bee pollen, brewers yeast. soya protein powder and lecithin. I use these either in my porridge or smoothies a few times a week.





I also currently take a daily antibiotic for acne.





I am using supplements to help improve my general health, to improve my skin, help with depression and migraine and assist with any short fall in my vegetarian diet.





It seems quite a lot really and I am worried about any possible problems all these may cause me but I sort of feel I need all this at the moment.





What do you think?

Supplement and Vitamins ....too much?
Hey there!





I am also a vegetarian with acne. Ok. I%26#039;m no nutritionist, but I have read extensively about supplements for pretty much the same reasons you have. I have to say, you might be taking too much.





I say this because it sounds like you have doubt in your heart about this and are truly wondering if you are taking too much, and I believe that if you have this gut feeling you are probably right. Also, the amounts of each vitamin you are taking is a bit too much.





I won%26#039;t go over the whole list, but I%26#039;ll just comment of some of the supplements you mentioned:





1000mg of vitamin C is far too much, you should only be taking around 300mg per day.


Some of the other ones, I am not entirely sure about so I won%26#039;t comment on those.





Invest in a really good multivitamin, it makes all the difference. It keeps your body in balance and has all the proper amounts of each supplement. I%26#039;d say only supplement in omega 3%26#039;s, and even then try to just eat more fish instead of taking pills.





It%26#039;s really important to try to get your vitamins from your food as much as you can, and believe me, thats when you%26#039;ll start getting the results you want.





I used to supplement, and was still miserable with acne. But now i just take a multi vitamin every day and eat foods that are high in the vitamins I want, and I feel and look better than when I was supplementing.





Do what you feel best doing, but remember that your body is designed to take its nutrients from food and does so much better than from concentrated versions in pills!





Good luck in balancing your vegetarian diet and vitamins!
Reply:you can get all most all them that you need out of the reg foods you eat everyday


why spend the extra money?


eat healthy and you should have all you need


maybe a extra real 100% orange juice a day for extra C
Reply:Most vitamins are artificial and fragmented and your body is harmed by them more than helped. There have been many research studies with vitamins that have been stopped because the vitamins were killing the people in the study.


The only thing I see on your list that are good is the Q10 and Flax seed (and you are better grinding your own flax seed because the oils get rancid really fast. Bee pollen has beneficial qualities. The GinkgoBiloba is a blood thinner and my doctor said it was what cause my vision loss. so be careful with that one. C %26amp; E need to be balanced or you will have lots of free radicals charging around like little crazy cells.





Your vitamins are best received from whole food. Your body evolved on whole food. One supplement I take that has been research in numerous medical studies and a lot of doctors world wide use it in their practice is JuicePlus+ http://www.juiceplus.com/+Lb53116 It is made from vineripe, fruits and veggies, organicly grown.


I used to take a list like yours thinking I was doing THE BODY GOOD. But found out I was harming myself.





good luck
Reply:my dad takes just as many and he looks a lot better than men his age!!
Reply:I take more supplements than you do, and have been for years, and I am just fine! It%26#039;s nearly impossible to get all the nutrition we need from todays diet!



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