All I know is the excess B2 makes my wee luminous yellow by lunchtime.
So why you do that?
Anything taken in excess can be harmful, including oxygen and water.
The only supplement which makes any sense to me is vitamin D during the cooler seasons in temperate zones, because as a tropical species humans haven't yet fully evolved to deal with the winter deficiency issue.
Oh god – that’s taken me about an hour to work out what song it’s from. Tune *wanders off to play some Placebo…*
I'm just glad someone got it.
I listened to a podcast from Dr Tim Spector a while ago very eye opening, here's a brief interview on vit D from him,
So why you do that?
Because apparently excess B2 just gets passed out in urine. And there's evidence that a high dose of b2 helps with the prevention of the issue I'm attempting to deal with, and therefore it was suggested to me by at least 2 medical professionals.
Anything taken in excess can be harmful, including oxygen and water.
The only supplement which makes any sense to me is vitamin D during the cooler seasons in temperate zones, because as a tropical species humans haven’t yet fully evolved t
However, they're are multiple conditions, that maybe you don't have, for which there are studies that indicate certain supplements help.
All I know is the excess B2 makes my wee luminous yellow by lunchtime.
Smells like pineapple too. Which is vastly better than smelling like asparagus piss.
The only supplement which makes any sense to me is vitamin D during the cooler seasons in temperate zones, because as a tropical species humans haven’t yet fully evolved to deal with the winter deficiency issue.
A multivitamin makes sense to me. Humans don't have a design specification. We can survive on all sorts of different diets, and manage deficiencies in much of it, but we work better with adequate amounts of nutrients. Some are common, others aren't. On top of that the amount of nutrients in vegetables themselves has been declining quite a lot since the original tests were done in the 50s, so when they say 100g of broccoli contains X amount of vitamin K, it probably doesn't any more.
Humans don’t have a design specification.
I think all species have. Try launching yourself off a multistorey building to find out if our design covers flying. Or living on a diet of ants.
On top of that the amount of nutrients in vegetables themselves has been declining quite a lot since the original tests were done in the 50s,
I very much doubt this. Is there a source for it beyond "the internet?"
Many articles about it on "the internet":
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/soil-depletion-and-nutrition-loss/
Soil degradation and cultivars bred for yield seem to be responsible.
I take 4000IU Vit D, Tesco multi-vit with iron, Tesco Vit B complex.
Usually in evening, because I believe iron uptake at least is hindered by caffeine and I'm a junkie. Not sure if taking vit B in evening may mess up sleep.
A lot of sites that sell supplements will pander to the "more is better", so you can buy pills with crazy amounts of vitamins and other chemicals (glucosamine, etc). I remember one of my Physiology lecturers telling us that in pretty much all non-extreme cases, you won't overdose, you'll just end up with "very expensive urine."
" Can you overdose on vitamins........"
On the subject of supplements, Google cross contamination of supplements.
My wife is half way through a degree in wholeastic medicine (not sure how it's spelt).
She tells me that vitamin d is really a whole group of different D's. She gets some supplements of a ridiculously expensive website and laughs at my H&B efforts. My GP said most vitamins are a waste of time. Green leafy veg and sunshine is best for vitamin d.
A friend at uni made himself very ill taking a double dose of multivitamins. His liver shut down. We assumed his yellow colour was a combination of sun tan and beer!
You can take as much vitamin c as you want.
