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Crixcyon's avatar

I sometimes look at the ingredient labels for various food products and like most doctors these days, I am baffled. I have started looking at the chemicals in vitamins, which I take daily. Some of those ingredients are kind of iffy to me. Like sunflower seed oil in K2-M7? Seed oils are supposed to be harmful, but is this?

I never take any big pharma drugs, not even OTC, except in extreme cases. I think all big pharma drugs are substances that can murder your body and therefore kill you. I don't regularly come into contact with many household and cosmetic products. I have bought a few "green" cleaning products, but I am no chemist.

What about herbs? I take several in tincture form and would guess these to be mostly safe. Certainly better than any big pharma garbage.

The vitamin thing needs further thinking and investigation. It would be a money saver to give them up or at least most of them. Like a knucklehead, I would read an article about this vitamin or that mineral and then go buy some. Is there any truth to this vitamin thing or is it another example of being marketed to death?

The real problem is that no matter what you are eating, you don't really know what amounts, if any, of vitamins and minerals you are getting and putting to good use. You can test for some but not most. But that can be inconclusive. I guess since I am not dead nearing age 74, I am doing a few things right. But which ones? I have no clue and neither does medical science or anyone else.

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Mike H's avatar

I have been reading Agent's articles too for the last few weeks. It helped me make the final decision not to take anymore vitamin supplements. I stopped taking them about a year ago. I have doubted vitamins for years because they are synthetic lab made products.

I think I will stick to my Turmeric, Ashwaghanda, etc... I buy the whole root and grind it in a blender. It may not be totally free of metals and poisons either because who knows what is in the soil where they grow??

I also have some extracts of turmeric, maca root, ashwaghanda, etc...and I may not take those anymore because who knows what poisonous chemicals were used in the extraction process? Damn near everything in our world is poisonous these days.

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