Posted by Larry Hoover on May 24, 2005, at 8:57:22
In reply to Re: Anyone sea that infomercial for Sea Vegg?, posted by vitaqueen on May 16, 2005, at 10:42:03
> The problem is that I would prefer not to take 26 vitamin/mineral pills a day, and it is quite costly. I'm wondering if this Sea Vegg (or something else perhaps some of you may know about), could give me the same health benefits, and maybe I can discontinue taking some of the other supplements.
Sea vegg (or any other product) cannot cram into one capsule that which presently requires 26 tablets. It's a physical impossibility.
> I am now taking daily CoQ10 (100mg), B-complex with all cofactors (100mg), Vit E (400iu), alpha lipoic acid (100mg), Vit C (3000 mg), Folic Acid (800 mcg), Milk Thistle (200 mg), Selenium (200 mcg), lycopene/lutein/carotene (500 mcg), grape seed extract (200 mg), calcium/mag (500 mg), vanadium (5000 mcg), manganese (8 mg), L-glutatione (20 mg) chromium (200 mg), red yeast rice (2400 mg) and garlic.
Five mg of vanadium?!? 8 mg manganese? I'll get back to you on those doses.
You could definitely cut some of these out, or reduce doses. In acute treatment of symptomatic conditions, some of these doses are required, but maintenance of health does not require the larger dose. You soon learn how to "listen to your body", and increase certain supps as needed.
You could halve the CoQ10. Halve the milk thistle. (I wouldn't take it every single day, anyway. Give your body a break from herbs. I would take it half the time, or less.)
If you've been on the selenium for a few months, you could halve it.
You don't need to take the antioxidant polyphenol supps every single day. (lycopene, grape seed)
Oral glutathione is a waste of money, in that the glutathione is digested. Glutathione is a protein, and it doesn't survive the stomach intact. You're better off just ignoring this, or substituting in some whey protein powder (high in cysteine). Or some other source of cysteine, such as N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC).Where's the zinc? I see no zinc on your list. It is the most likely mineral for deficient intake, of them all.
> I'm afraid to stop taking any of these because I've been feeling so great, but a life long course of this is going to put me in the poor house. Any suggestions??????? Could Sea Vegg be the answer?
I don't think Sea Vegg is the answer to anything in particular.
You would probably be doing just as well, health wise, if you took all this stuff every other day. That would cut your bill in half, right there. And, you'd till get all the benefits. Some of your blood numbers might shift a tiny bit, but I seriously doubt there would be any significant shifts back the wrong way.
Lar
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