About Vitamins
People are asking about what brands of vitamins I use. Truth to tell, I’m kinda fickle. Something on sale always catches my eye, for instance. Besides the best form of the vitamin or mineral, though, I always stay with the companies who produce a superior product.
Everybody needs vitamins. We can’t get all the nutrition we need from our food.
People with endocrine problems REALLY need vitamins because we don’t absorb nutrients as well as we should. And once we pass our fortieth birthday, it gets worse.
So here’s an alphabetical list of brands I use. Other quality brands are around, but here’s a good start for you.
You’ll notice that none of these brands are sold in grocery stores, drug stores, Walmart, KMart, Target, Sam’s Club, Costco, etc. Go to a health food store or buy at an on-line equivalent.
Why do I say this? The highly advertised, mass produced vitamin brands tend to use less expensive ingredients. For instance, the ingredients on a multi say it includes a good amount of Vitamin D, but don’t mention the fact it’s in the D2 form which the body can’t use. And maybe the Vitamin E is the synthetic “dl” form instead of the natural “d” form. And so on with other vitamins and minerals.
Plus, mass-produced vitamins usually come in pills instead of better absorbed capsules. Worse, those pills are compressed to a fare-thee-well, and you may never get any value from them because they don’t dissolve. If a pill comes out looking pretty much the same way it went in (please excuse the visual), it’s a bad pill, and you wasted your money on it.
With that, I’ve probably said enough.
Bette Dowdell is not a doctor. She speaks as a patient who has experienced and studied endocrine issues for more than 30 years. Her opinions, while researched, are her own. Check with your doctor about everything.
If you’re dragging your patooty through life, check out Bette’s downloadable e-book, Pep for the Pooped: Vitamins and Minerals Your Body Is Starving For here. (http://PepForThePooped.com)
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