Fast-5 Diet and Lifestyle: [fast5] Re: vitamin supplements?

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

[fast5] Re: vitamin supplements?

I take a calcium/magnesium pill and a B vitamins pill when I'm eating.

I follow a vegetarian diet but am almost vegan, eat very little dairy so worry about my calcium levels a bit and the vitamin B's for the same reason, also supposed to help with hormonal mood swings. Don't know if they work but make me feel like I'm doing something.

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "tamaratornado" <tamaratornado@...> wrote:
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> Do you take vitamin supplements?
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> My tendency is to always take supplements with food, that it's a bad idea to take vitamins on an empty stomach, that we are not meant to digest vitamins alone, they need food.
> I also try to take supplements that really are food, such as acerola cherry powder, rather than refined ascorbic acid for vitamin C, for example.
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> One of my friends says that most people today with our sedentary lifestyles, that we need less calories, but we still need the same amount of vitamins; that's her rationale for supplements.
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> I used to take supplements twice a day with meals, but now I only have one meal, wondering if I should double the supplements at one meal or take less supplements per day.
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> I also wonder if a little acerola cherry powder in lemon water in the morning would be good for me, and not break the fast.
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> What do you guys do?
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> Thanks
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