> wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jul 2014 08:07:25 -0600, graham > wrote:
>
>> On 16/07/2014 3:47 AM, wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Plus there are other vitamins which are really bad in excessive doses,
>>> ones like vitamin E which is absorbed and collected in your fat
>>> tissues.
>>>
>>> But then again, if you want expensive pee, I suppose you will go for
>>> mega doses of C. Think of the money it made for Paulin and still
>>> makes for big pharma - they certainly are charities one feels the need
>>> to make a contribution to, can't have them crying over the bottom
>>> line.
>>>
>> There was an ad on tv recently by (I think) Jameson's, a "natural"
>> vitamin manufacturer and supplier of quack products. Part of it said
>> that it sourced its Vit C from sugar beet grown in the Scottish
>> Highlands. ********! I seriously doubt there is any serious arable
>> farming there and certainly not on the scale needed.
>> However, one of about 3 factories in the world that synthesizes Vit C
>> from sugar is in Scotland.
>> Graham
>>
> Interesting. Now there does seem to be some validity - until it's
> disproved of course - that it's a good idea for Canadians in northerly
> climes to take 1000 Vit.D in winter due to hours of daylight/sunshine.
> However, the next study may show otherwise

6-7 years ago, my left hip was giving me a lot of pain. I started taking
three things, and within a month, great pain reduction was achieved. I was
taking fish oil, Glucosamine and Chondroitin , and vitamin d. I later
concluded it was mostly the vitamin d that helped me. This was dead winter
when I started. Today, I'm almost free of any pain in the hip, and I don't
take Glucosamine and Chondroitin, and rarely fish oil. I do take a bit if
extra calcium, tums, and magnesium at times.

Greg

On 2014-07-17 6:30 AM, wrote:

> Before my knee was replaced several years ago a friend insisted I try
> that Glucosamine and Chondriotin and I was really reluctant. In
> talking it over with the pharmacist, I did as she said, kept a diary
> and took it religiously for six weeks. Not a bit of difference,
> though my wallet was considerably lighter.

If you had a knee replacement the joint would be past the point where
Glucosamine would help. I had a knee problem for years. It started to
bother me whenever I was really pushing things. A couple hours of skiing
would do it. Then it got bad when I was on a self defense course. I
tried Glucosamine then and any time that it started to stiffen up on me.
I only had to take a small dose for a couple days and the stiffness
went away.


> I'm sorry but my main thought is that someone should bottle up a
> Placebo Effect and sell that!

Shouldn't we be comforted to know that a lot of the expensive
medications we are prescribed for various ailments have proved
themselves the more effective than a placebo by only statistically
significant margin.

On 7/16/2014 12:40 AM, Nellie wrote:

> That's true for the water soluble vitamins B C And D. Vitamin A at
> high levels can be toxic.

I believe eye doctors used to prescribe high doses of beta carotene
(AREDS = beta carotene (converts to vit A(?) + other supplements) for
AMD. I was recently given samples of the eye health vitamins they
recommend now and I don't think there's any vit A in them. Besides, as
an ex-smoker, those high doses of beta carotene has a high risk of lung
cancer.

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> On 7/16/2014 12:40 AM, Nellie wrote:
>
>> That's true for the water soluble vitamins B C And D. Vitamin A at
>> high levels can be toxic.
>
> I believe eye doctors used to prescribe high doses of beta carotene (AREDS
> = beta carotene (converts to vit A(?) + other supplements) for AMD. I was
> recently given samples of the eye health vitamins they recommend now and I
> don't think there's any vit A in them. Besides, as an ex-smoker, those
> high doses of beta carotene has a high risk of lung cancer.

They still do.