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Meds, Mind, Body & Benefits => Nutrition & HIV => Topic started by: ALH300 on July 20, 2007, 04:02:30 pm

Title: Any thoughts on my vitamins.....
Post by: ALH300 on July 20, 2007, 04:02:30 pm
Just tested pos, not on meds yet, taking- 1 antioxidant supplement, 1000mg Ester C, 2 multivitamins(1 morning,1 evening), 1 probiotic acidophilus, 4 green tea supplements for the EGCG (2 morning and 2 evening) and 4 Immune Booster (2 morning and 2 evening) pills from Life Fitness that probably don't do anything but the sounded good! I am also drinking pomegrante juice like it is going out of style!!

Am I over doing it or do you think these can actually help my immune system?

Title: Re: Any thoughts on my vitamins.....
Post by: milker on July 20, 2007, 04:19:05 pm
There are dozens (if not hundreds) of threads about supplements. One that is summarizing most of the discussions is that one: http://forums.poz.com/index.php?topic=11375.0

But do a search on "supplements" and you will get many posts!

You should check what the multivitamins and "immune boosters" contain and verify that you're not "overdosing" on Vitamin C or E, for example.

You're not overdoing it, but you need to know why you take a supplement, and how it interacts with others, so make you you write down all the ingredients, and verify that you're not overdosing on some.

Also look at http://forums.poz.com/index.php?topic=10144.0 and read the comments.

Milker.
Title: Re: Any thoughts on my vitamins.....
Post by: ndrew on July 21, 2007, 03:12:51 am
Be careful not to over load on sugar in the juice.  Drink water to hydrate as well.

Drew