Posted by Minnie-Haha on March 31, 2005, at 14:25:44
In reply to Re: losing hair!! does it grow back? » Minnie-Haha, posted by CareBear04 on March 31, 2005, at 12:54:24
> thanks! my dr told me awhile ago to take a multivitamin, but i haven't been doing it. mostly, i envision the pills as being very large, and i already take dozens of pills a day. but since you had good results, maybe i'll try it. what kind do you take? thanks!
I used to get Nature Made Century Vite (I think that was the name), but since my grocery store quit carrying them, I've switched to Centrum From A to Zinc (or the generic or store-brand equivalent, which is cheaper). Now someone else here thinks that Centrum is crap, so go figure. My mom was a One-A-Day gal. The thing is, you don't have to buy the most expensive or "all natural" to get the benefit. Prevention Magazine says that, with the exception of Vitamin E, your body doesn't know the difference between natural and synthetic. Some might disagree. Maybe try the Heath board here to see what they advise?
Whatever you do, don't go overboard. Just get a good multi. And for your specific situation (hair loss), if the multi doesn't have have at least 20-30mg zinc and 2-3mg copper, then you might want to buy those separately to augment the multi. (The ratio is 10mg zinc to 1mg copper.)
Oh, and as for the pills being large, I think you can get liquid versions, but I've never tried those.
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