We all know Doctors are human so they will make mistakes and they can't know everything about every health issue. So this brings up a question of how much do they really know about nutrition and supplementing diet. I'm not speaking about a doctor whose specialized field is in diet and nutrition. They have the training and knowledge to offer recommendations we should be able to trust.
Where am I going with this?
I know I will open myself up for negative feedback by writing this post. Just read the post and then if you feel compelled to comment, feel free. I'm not a doctor but I read a lot about health, nutrition and ways to keep my family alive longer. I usually don't read much from doctors as in blogs and such. I did come across
this blog written by a team of doctors. I posted a comment on their blog stating my disagreement about the topic. My whole gripe about their post is that they give half information and not the half that can help people. It's a post about the Ups and Downs of Vitamins; they even spelled ups like this Upd.
They wrote:
"Early research on vitamins and supplements was observational, a crude type of research that does not prove cause and effect. Maybe vitamin takers were simply healthier people? Careful controlled research trials over the past 10 years have produced new light on taking vitamin supplements, light that shows very little benefit and even the risk of harm."
" ---supplementation with Vitamin E may increase blood clotting and increase the risk of a heart attack or stroke. Beta carotene supplements increase the risk of lung cancer in male smokers."*
*My comments… Yes this is a true statement but it was based on taking
Synthetic Vitamin E and Beta-carotene, not supplements in the whole natural food form. By the way, the study was stopped when rates of lung cancer and heart attacks and death increased.
Other studies done on use of
synthetic vitamins that these doctors did not report. Birth defects increased 400% when 22,000 pregnant women were given
synthetic Vitamin A.
Men get thickened arteries when taking 500mg of
synthetic vitamin C daily for over 18 months.
These studies are based on
synthetic vitamins, not a whole food vitamin supplement.
So Docs, get your facts straight before deciding to write. No, I'm not a doctor but I am someone very concerned about my health and the health of my family. I don't rely on just what the doctor says, they are human and make mistakes.
His closing statement:
Should you stop taking that one-a-day multiple vitamin? There is no evidence that the amounts in most once daily mutivitamins (
their typo ) do any harm or good. However, if you take a heavy amount of vitamin supplements, you should take a careful look at current scientific evidence, and not the manufacturer's hype, and reconsider. A double tragedy is spending a lot of money and causing harm.
I say, a double tragedy is spending a lot of money on doctor bills, hospital stays after not doing enough to prevent poor health. Doctors can cause harm in their advice unless they are specialized in a certain field, like giving recommendations based on the full facts, not half-truths.
Based on my own research, the harm from multi-vitamins comes from the
synthetic ingredients our body cannot absorb and is not meant to ingest, not the Whole Food Supplements on the market today. There are many good whole food multis that are safe and help to promote health, not add risk like the
synthetic ones.
Dr. Mercola comments about cancer and taking vitamins:
It’s important to keep in mind that there is a major
difference between natural whole-food supplements and pharmaceutical grade, synthetic vitamins and minerals.
That said, there’s little doubt in my mind that most studies trying to scare you into thinking that taking vitamins and mineral supplements will kill you faster than any drug will, is based on the use of synthetic supplements, in combination with
strong financial interests. Conventional cancer treatment represents a multi-billion dollar a year industry. These vast profits are fiercely protected by the industry giants, and it’s already been proven, over and over again, that financial ties can radically color the outcome of any study.
But conventional cancer treatments in no way address the underlying causes of cancer.
Cancer is a nutritional/toxic/environmental/emotional condition, which, in a great number of instances, can be successfully reversed through the application of a sound nutritional approach and common-sense lifestyle changes.
I find this interesting in the bio of the doctor that wrote this article:
"Dr. XXXXXX main focus is on the redesign of office practice using the tools of information technology and quality improvement." Oh I'm sure this qualifies him to tell us these half stories about vitamins.
I did offer them my free report "
Are Your Vitamins Safe" but since I'm not a physician I doubt they will get the report, too bad for their blog readers or patients.
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Where am I going with this?
I know I will open myself up for negative feedback by writing this post. Just read the post and then if you feel compelled to comment, feel free. I'm not a doctor but I read a lot about health, nutrition and ways to keep my family alive longer. I usually don't read much from doctors as in blogs and such. I did come across this blog written by a team of doctors. I posted a comment on their blog stating my disagreement about the topic. My whole gripe about their post is that they give half information and not the half that can help people. It's a post about the Ups and Downs of Vitamins; they even spelled ups like this Upd.
They wrote:
"Early research on vitamins and supplements was observational, a crude type of research that does not prove cause and effect. Maybe vitamin takers were simply healthier people? Careful controlled research trials over the past 10 years have produced new light on taking vitamin supplements, light that shows very little benefit and even the risk of harm."
" ---supplementation with Vitamin E may increase blood clotting and increase the risk of a heart attack or stroke. Beta carotene supplements increase the risk of lung cancer in male smokers."*
*My comments… Yes this is a true statement but it was based on taking Synthetic Vitamin E and Beta-carotene, not supplements in the whole natural food form. By the way, the study was stopped when rates of lung cancer and heart attacks and death increased.
Other studies done on use of synthetic vitamins that these doctors did not report. Birth defects increased 400% when 22,000 pregnant women were given synthetic Vitamin A.
Men get thickened arteries when taking 500mg of synthetic vitamin C daily for over 18 months.
These studies are based on synthetic vitamins, not a whole food vitamin supplement.
So Docs, get your facts straight before deciding to write. No, I'm not a doctor but I am someone very concerned about my health and the health of my family. I don't rely on just what the doctor says, they are human and make mistakes.
His closing statement:
Should you stop taking that one-a-day multiple vitamin? There is no evidence that the amounts in most once daily mutivitamins ( their typo ) do any harm or good. However, if you take a heavy amount of vitamin supplements, you should take a careful look at current scientific evidence, and not the manufacturer's hype, and reconsider. A double tragedy is spending a lot of money and causing harm.
I say, a double tragedy is spending a lot of money on doctor bills, hospital stays after not doing enough to prevent poor health. Doctors can cause harm in their advice unless they are specialized in a certain field, like giving recommendations based on the full facts, not half-truths.
Based on my own research, the harm from multi-vitamins comes from the synthetic ingredients our body cannot absorb and is not meant to ingest, not the Whole Food Supplements on the market today. There are many good whole food multis that are safe and help to promote health, not add risk like the synthetic ones.
Dr. Mercola comments about cancer and taking vitamins:
It’s important to keep in mind that there is a major difference between natural whole-food supplements and pharmaceutical grade, synthetic vitamins and minerals.
That said, there’s little doubt in my mind that most studies trying to scare you into thinking that taking vitamins and mineral supplements will kill you faster than any drug will, is based on the use of synthetic supplements, in combination with strong financial interests. Conventional cancer treatment represents a multi-billion dollar a year industry. These vast profits are fiercely protected by the industry giants, and it’s already been proven, over and over again, that financial ties can radically color the outcome of any study.
But conventional cancer treatments in no way address the underlying causes of cancer.
Cancer is a nutritional/toxic/environmental/emotional condition, which, in a great number of instances, can be successfully reversed through the application of a sound nutritional approach and common-sense lifestyle changes.
I find this interesting in the bio of the doctor that wrote this article:
"Dr. XXXXXX main focus is on the redesign of office practice using the tools of information technology and quality improvement." Oh I'm sure this qualifies him to tell us these half stories about vitamins.
I did offer them my free report " Are Your Vitamins Safe" but since I'm not a physician I doubt they will get the report, too bad for their blog readers or patients.
Email Robin Here
Subscribe to Whole Food And More
Things to know about your daily vitamin before you buyFind Grass Fed-Meat