Yes, the medical industry and media do often portray vitamin supplements as worthless... and in a sense they could be correct - because it depends on what FORM the supplements were made in as well the dosages they are taken in. Many supplements are made from forms that wont really be absorbed well by the body, hence you wont get any benefits from them. Furthermore, the recommended daily values of vitamins and minerals as suggested by many officials are often insufficient to make a difference. For example: Vitamin D3 has to be taken at minimum in doses of 5000 IU to 10000 IU daily so a person would notice a measurable effect after long term use (such as raised levels, etc.), and it has to be in Cholecalciferol form. Higher doses were untested, but many people reported that 20000 IU is also fine. Similarly, when taking Zinc, youd want Zinc Picolinate (seeing how its the only one thats best absorbed by the body compared to other forms and actually shows higher levels in urine, hair, nails, skin, etc.) in higher dosages (at about 50 mg daily if you want to raise your levels and help your immune system). Also, Copper Sebacate seems to be the only form of copper supplement that showed higher copper levels in the body after longer use compared to other forms in specific dosages. Note: when supplementing with Zinc, its recommended to take 2mg of Copper Sebacate for every 15mg of Zinc Picolinate. Meaning, if you are ingesting about 50mg of Zinc Picolinate daily, you should probably increase your Copper Sebacate to 6mg in total (otherwise, an imbalance will be created). So you see... supplements depend on 2 factors: 1. The form they are in (which ensures absorption into the body as well that it will actually be stored and used on a long term basis). 2. Dosages (some recommended daily values are fine, but often-times, they come up woefully inadequate if you want to solve the problem of deficiency, or even restore your health). So the medical and media could be partially correct, but likely because they were testing incorrectly and without proper information. Incidentally, independent studies with proper supplement forms and higher dosages DID demonstrate measurable effects in improvements when it comes to health, etc., but curiously, media never covers such stories. Selective journalism anyone?
Posted on: Sun, 02 Feb 2014 13:22:27 +0000