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BapFlap · 06-24-2002, 03:51 PM

Since the average American that overeats anyway, need too take a multi-vitamin? Is there any evidence out there to back up the average persons' use of supliments? Because to me it looks a whole lot like voodoo. <img src="graemlins/banghead.gif" border="0" alt="[Bang Head]" />

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Toto · 06-24-2002, 03:58 PM

If you ate an absolutely perfect diet with no sugar or processed food, you wouldn't need extra vitamins. (Of course you would also have to live a stress free life and avoid all pollution.) But the average American who overeats is not eating a lot of nutritious food - probably a lot of junk food with too much sugar and the vitamins stripped out.

There's no real data, but some people find that vitamin supplementation helps them out. You can try it, and if it doesn't do anything for you, don't do it.

Asha'man · 06-24-2002, 04:26 PM

Americans have the most vitamin enriched urine in the known world.

On the other hand, diets are rarely balanced, and taking a vitamin suppliment is very cheap insurance.

BapFlap · 06-24-2002, 05:46 PM

Thanks for the reply. I was wondering about that because I heard that you can overdose on vitamins. Have you heard anything about this?

One of the last sane · 06-24-2002, 05:52 PM

You can certainly overdose on the fat-soluble vitamins, A and D. Massive doses of vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) can cause neuropathy, too.

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Toto Contributor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Los Angeles area Posts: 40,549	If you ate an absolutely perfect diet with no sugar or processed food, you wouldn't need extra vitamins. (Of course you would also have to live a stress free life and avoid all pollution.) But the average American who overeats is not eating a lot of nutritious food - probably a lot of junk food with too much sugar and the vitamins stripped out. There's no real data, but some people find that vitamin supplementation helps them out. You can try it, and if it doesn't do anything for you, don't do it.

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Asha'man Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: southeast Posts: 2,526	Americans have the most vitamin enriched urine in the known world. On the other hand, diets are rarely balanced, and taking a vitamin suppliment is very cheap insurance.

06-24-2002, 05:46 PM	#4
BapFlap Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 9	Thanks for the reply. I was wondering about that because I heard that you can overdose on vitamins. Have you heard anything about this?

06-24-2002, 05:52 PM	#5
One of the last sane Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: hereabouts Posts: 734	You can certainly overdose on the fat-soluble vitamins, A and D. Massive doses of vitamin B6 (pyridoxine) can cause neuropathy, too.

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