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Thor said:Thanks for the interesting info. It points right to one of the central dilemmas I had when starting with supplements recently. I was wondering what your experience has been with dosages. To be more specific, Mark Hyman, in The UltraMind Solution, recommends both essential supplements and a number of supplements one can take, based on the answers to the quizzes in the book. They are mentioned on the forum so you are most likely acquainted with them already.
For instance, on the B-vitamin complex that Dr. Hyman recommends, the quantities of the different components are:
BVitamin B2 (as Riboflavin-5-Phosphate) 50 mg.....
You are welcome. My experience with dosages is that it varies because of quality. The biggest factor being the synthetic or non synthetic factor. Synthetic B's for example take a lot higher dosage to get the cells to absorb the same amount. Also, instead of synthetic isolated vitamins if you're taking something like barley grass you're going to absorb a different level of nutrients for well grown barley grass as opposed to a poorly grown product.
Haven't gotten to the Mark Hyman material yet, I will look into that.
Yes, I think that's what I mean above. These B's are one of the only natural on the market, and as far as I know the only natural end chain full spectrum B's that are not synthtic. They are grown in a soup of good bacteria with organic alcohol. For people with alcohol problems or allergies like myself, nutrional yeast flakes are the other natural way.In the Max Stress B formula from Bob Marshall's online shop, the contents are the following:
Thiamin(VitaminB1, Thiamin Cocarboxylate) 1.7 mg 110%
Riboflavin (Vit B2 as Riboflavin-5-phosphate) 1.7mg 100%
Niacin (Vitamin B3 as niacinamide) 25 mg 125%
Vitamin b6 (Pyridoxal-5, pyriodoxamine-5, Phosphate) 2.6mg 130%
Folate (5-methyl, formyl tetrahydrofolate) 417 mcg 105%
Vitamin b12 (5 Deoxyadenosylcobalamin) 6mcg 100%
Biotin (D-biotin form) 338mcg 110%
CoEnzyme A (end-chaoin Vitamin B5) 2.6mg
PABA (para Aminobenzoic Acid) 12.5mg
Inositol (Inositol Hexanicotinate) 130mg
As one can see, there is a huge difference in the quantities of the ingredients. Now, I am aware that quantity does not equal quality, but I would like to ask you if the recommended daily dosages are adequate.
If you're curious about the dosage question, you might wanna get more details from the company themselves. They would answer you via email or phone I'm sure.
PRLabs has a multivitamin last time I checked, it's got grasses and medicinal mushrooms and such in it. Most multivitamins are synthetic at least with the B's, but I think New Chapter has a good one.Also, I see that none of the sites you recommend carry multivitamins. Have you come across any multivitamins that you recommend and if not, what would you suggest as a substitute?
Yes, they have one for men and one for women:
http://www.newchapter.com/products/every-mans-one-daily
http://www.newchapter.com/products/every-womans-one-daily
The supplement world is a jungle so if you can help shed light on some of it that is great
When I saw your interest in Fritz Popp I realilzed you guys would really benefit from exposure to Dr. M's stuff and the other knowlege I have gathered in my horrible but enlightening journey into illness and health. I'm not here to "one up" anyone or tell you how to live your life, I'm sharing my opinions and research and if you disagree that's fine. If you wanna question me that's fine. I'll do my best to back up my knowledge with facts, it's what I DO.