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Author Message Stefaans Yahoo User Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 5:33 am    Post subject: The most important supplements? I am 57 (male) and have been using a variety of vitamin and mineral supplements for a few decades. I suspect that I may be wasting money. Which are the most important? (I am not very active, physically.) Should my wife take the same as me? Back to top Lost Yahoo User Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 5:55 am    Post subject: You should obtain supplements from natural sources rather than taking supplement tablets. Back to top kathy_is_a_nurse Yahoo User Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 5:57 am    Post subject: I am an advocate of plant-based supplements, because not only do they have the major nutrients you need for good health, but also the lesser nutrients that help the major ones. You won't find that in synthetic vitamins. At your age (which is close to mine), you also need at least a few extra antioxidants...Ester-Vitamin C (1000 mg), Vitamin E 400 (I.U.), and Vitamin A (15,000 mg). Your wife should take all the above AND at least 1000 mg of a Calcium/Magnesium supplement. It's not a bad idea for men either, but definitely for women.Beyond that, if either of you are at risk for heart disease, you might want to add CoQ10 to your regimen. If you have any enlarged prostate problems, you might want to add some saw palmetto. For good bowel health, it's not a bad idea to take a daily dose of Metamucil or it's generic equivalent, especially if you are at all prone to constipation. But even if you are not, this is NOT a laxative, but a bulker that makes the stool "fluffier" and let's it flow through the system more quickly. This is a GOOD thing and helps keep your body detoxified.At our age, there are some things that the field of anti-aging medicine tells us you can do to help slow the aging process. You may have heard of Human Growth Hormone. Low levels have been directly associated with accelerated aging. But HGH itself is expensive and requires a physician involvement. What you can do is take stacked amino acids that are the building blocks for human growth hormone and simply helps the body make what it needs. Another supplement that helps the body produce human growth hormone is DHEA. Start low on the dose, say 25 mg, take it for a few weeks. You can increase in 25 mg increments up to 100 mg. Beyond that, you need to get tested for your levels to make sure you are not overdoing. Back to top elsa58 Yahoo User Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 6:01 am    Post subject: 1. Try this: find a Naturopathic Dr that can give you a hair analysis. this will check the amount of minerals you have in your body. If you are deficient the supplements are most likely useless. 2. The best is to obtain the vitamins and minerals from food. To get better informed check: www.whfoods.com (unless you are grossly deficient in some vitamins or minerals)3. Ask your conventional Dr. to check levels of vitamin B12 & Vitamin D (if you live in the northern hemisphere). many people are deficient in those two vitamins. Back to top Unstoppable Dreams Yahoo User Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:20 am    Post subject: I recommend adding foods full of vitamins and nutrients. You can get information on the health benefits of a fruit full of antioxidants and nutrients at http://www.simply-blueberries.comI hope this helps.Best Wishes! Back to top

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