WATCHING THE CBC TV NEWS THIS EVENING, DEC. 16TH - THEY ANNOUNCED A REPORT FROM THE USA SAYING "DON'T BOTHER TAKING VITAMINS, WILL NOT DO YOU ANY GOOD."
THE CBC BROUGHT ON THEIR "RESIDENT DOCTOR" AND ASKED HIM ABOUT IT ALL.
HE SAID THE PROBLEM WITH THE NEW STUDY WAS THAT IT WAS DONE WITH "HEALTHY PEOPLE" .... HENCE NO LARGE SHOW OF ANYTHING BY VITAMIN TAKING. SECONDLY THE STUDY WAS NOT DONE WITH BLOOD TESTING.
SO HE WAS ASKED THEN WHO MAYBE SHOULD BE TAKING VITAMINS, BASIC REPLY WAS PEOPLE WHO DID NOT EAT VERY MUCH OR NO MEAT, SHOULD THEN TAKE VITAMIN B12 [THAT'S ME, SO I DO] POSSIBLY SOME PREGNANT FEMALES, AND THEN SOME ELDERLY WHO WERE NOT EATING A GOOD HEALTHY VARIETY OF FOODS.
OVERALL I AGREE WITH THIS DOCTOR.
FROM A TEENAGER TO AGE 40, I COULD EAT A GOOD THREE MEALS OF HEALTHY FOODS, AND HAD ALL THE VARIETIES OF WHOLE GRAINS, PROTEINS, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, AND CHOCOLATE. I NEVER GAINED AN OUNCE TILL I WAS ABOUT 40. I ONLY TOOK AT TIMES "BEE POLLEN" [JUST AN ALL AROUND SUPER FOOD] AND WHEN I COULD NO LONGER OBTAIN WHOLE ORGANIC MILK, AND STOPPED DRINKING MILK, I TOOK A CALCIUM/MAGNESIUM TABLET EACH DAY.
AFTER AGE 40 THINGS CHANGED. I STARTED TO PUT ON WEIGHT. I CURBED EATING AS MUCH, AND CUT DOWN ON CERTAIN FOODS, BUT DID NOT START TO TAKES BUT A FEW MORE VITAMINS....A MULTI VITAMIN SPECIFICALLY.
AFTER AGE 60, I HAD TO CURB EVEN MORE FOOD INTAKE AND CUT OUT CERTAIN FOODS LIKE WHOLE GRAINS, POTATOES, ON ANY REGULAR EATING. AND SO THE "STARCHY FOODS" IN THE MAIN, TO KEEP MY WEIGHT UNDER CONTROL. HENCE AFTER AGE 60 I NOW TAKE MANY MORE VITAMINS.
I'VE BEEN HAVING PRETTY REGULAR BLOOD TESTS FROM MY LOCAL DOCTOR; SHE WANTED TO SEE WHAT MY BLOOD HAD TO SAY. SIX MONTHS AGO SHE SAID I NEEDED TO TAKE MORE VITAMIN "D" AS IT WAS LOW, AND A FEW MORE FOODS WITH "IRON" IN THEM.
HEALTH HAS MORE TO DO THAN JUST TAKING VITAMINS PER SE. YES OF COURSE. IF YOU HAVE GOOD HEALTH, VIA BLOOD TESTING, AND BONE DENSITY TESTING [MY DOCTOR SENDS ME ONCE A YEAR FOR BONE DENSITY TESTING], IF YOUR WEIGHT IS WITHIN YOUR RANGE, AND YOU EXERCISE REGULARLY, IN VARIOUS WAYS, GET 7 TO 8 HOURS SLEEP DAILY, HAVE LITTLE OR NO STRESS, IF YOU CAN EAT ALL THE GOOD HEALTHY VARIETIES OF FOODS, INCLUDING WHOLE GRAINS [CONTRARY TO SOME WHO SAY DO NOT], ORGANIC MILK, AND ORGANIC MEAT [ORGANIC AS MUCH AS YOU CAN WITHIN YOUR INCOME, OR HAVING YOUR OWN ORGANIC GARDEN], YOU WILL NOT NEED TO TAKE MANY VITAMINS AT ALL, IF ANY. AGAIN I WOULD TAKE SOME TIMES UP TO AGE 40. [NOT EVERY DAY] "BEE POLLEN" BECAUSE IT IS A NATURAL SUPER FOOD.
IF YOUR BODY METABOLISM CHANGES AS MINE DID AT ABOUT AGE 40 AND AGAIN AT AGE 60, AND YOU HAVE TO REDUCE GENERAL FOOD INTAKE, AND SOME HARDLY EVER [AS I NOW HAVE TO DO] THEN AS I DO, YOU NEED TO TAKE MORE VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS.
THAT IS EXACTLY HOW MY DAD HAS LIVED ALL HIS LIFE, AND HE'S STILL ALIVE AT AGE 93. HE'S NOW IN A NURSING HOME, BASICALLY DOING VERY WELL AFTER A MINOR STROKE TWO YEARS AGO. SPOKE TO HIM THE OTHER DAY AND HE SOUNDS REAL GOOD. I MAKE SURE THEY GIVE HIM A GOOD VARIETY OF VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS, WHICH OF COURSE MY DAD PAYS FOR.
SO THE BLANKET STATEMENT "DON'T TAKE ANY VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTS" FROM THE USA STUDY, IS JUST NOT COVERING THE SUBJECT CORRECTLY AT ALL. THE CBC "DOCTOR" COVERED IT IN A MUCH MORE CORRECT WAY.
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