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LukkyKnight
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You don't hear that just every day, ya know?perky_baby said:
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lilminx said:
Hey Minx!
I can't swallow those damn horsepills either!
I always take two children's chewable multi-vitamins
daily, also two Vitamin C chewables, and even
chewable Echinacea (raspberry flavored) when I feel
a cold coming on. The only vitamin I can take that cannot
be chewed, but able to swallow is Chromium (the one I
take is the size of an Aleve caplet).
I know the feeling about swallowing pills....I can't even
swallow Advil!
tigerjen
I knew about the vitamin level. Did a comparative study in the store one day. They have the same vitamins as pills you have to swallow, and ten times the enjoyment, so why not? 
According to the box, they don't have any sugar, just aspartame. Yes, I have an unopened box here.
According to the box, they don't have any sugar, just aspartame. Yes, I have an unopened box here.
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My generic ones say less than 1 gram.
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lilminx said:
She wants to be the youngest Attends spokesperson yet!
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Don't worry much about getting too many vitamins. Your body can handle and dispose of the excess, and usually that's 100% of the pill.
You can worry a little bit, since megadoses of Vitamins A or D can be fatal.
If you have a healthy and varied diet, you don't need supplemental vitamins.
More info to chew on:
Vitamin C does not improve resistance or alleviate symptoms of the common cold.
Your body can only make use of a limited amount of any vitamin. Comsuming more than that amount will not give you extra energy or any "edge".
The only common vitamin deficiency among healthy people is of Vitamin E.
Of the minerals, only calcium and iron deficiencies are at all common.
You can worry a little bit, since megadoses of Vitamins A or D can be fatal.
If you have a healthy and varied diet, you don't need supplemental vitamins.
More info to chew on:
Vitamin C does not improve resistance or alleviate symptoms of the common cold.
Your body can only make use of a limited amount of any vitamin. Comsuming more than that amount will not give you extra energy or any "edge".
The only common vitamin deficiency among healthy people is of Vitamin E.
Of the minerals, only calcium and iron deficiencies are at all common.
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phrodeau said:
More tidbits.
There does exist division on the subject and while Vitamin C hasn't been proven to help allieviate the common cold studies show overwhelmingly that excessive vitamin C (though it is excreted) does decrease the duration of a cold by about 324 hours.
Vitamin E can be attained in many fortified orange juices these days. For most people, vegetable oils such provide all the vitamin E one needs.
Iron is the mineral most people miss out on. Though calcium defiency has increased due to the generational decrease in milk consumption.
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tigerjen said:
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I read somewhere once that some people's bodies cannot absorb vitamins in pill form. I wonder if there is any truth to that. Anyone else ever heard that? I could just be on crack.
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lilminx said:
I know the more recent children's chewables (CVS
brand) that I bought, it is one pill. The ones that I have
now I have to take two. I just go w/ what's on the
label. I've always taken vitamin C since I was young...
never had a problem.....probably why I'm rarely sick
or get a cold.......
